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Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by joe563323 » Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 9:33 PM UTC

shrikrishna wrote: post #155

gravypod wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you want to know the secret to starting projects for yourself? Don't buy or download any software just write it yourself. I've got a huge movie collection on DVD. Rather then use Plex I made my own website to do the same thing. I have a lot of PDFs of books I want to read, made similar software to allow me to keep my position in my browser I wanted to study for a HAM license general exam do I made this: http://ham…

I can't overstate what a good advice this is. It's counterintuitive, but if you are just starting out, reinventing the wheel is the best practice you can get!

I too think the same seriously. This is not sarcasm right ?

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by joe563323 » Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 9:35 PM UTC

jchmbrln wrote: post #76

GIS. I've been using PostGIS a ton at work in the past year, and I've read _PostGIS In Action_[1], but I've really just scratched the surface. I want to play around with making my own projections. [1] https://www.manning.com/books/postgis-in-action-second-editi...

Another suggestion. Implement the R-tree.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by Tharkun » Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 9:35 PM UTC

My biggest personal goal for 2017: read more. I only read 20 non-technical books in 2016, which is probably the lowest number since I learnt how to read. I've set up a "want to read"-list on goodreads and I'm rearranging my schedule to make room for reading time.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by joe563323 » Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 9:37 PM UTC

snowcrshd wrote: post #418

Here are my goals for 2017: - 10 seconds Free-standing Handstand: Practice 6-7 days a week, for twenty minutes, following the GMB Handstand progressions. - 10 seconds advanced tuck back-lever on the gymnastics rings: Practice 3-4x week, following FitnessFAQs progressions. - Bulgarian split squats, 4x12 50kg: I'll go with a somewhat linear progression -- work from 3x8 up to 4x12. When I do 3 workouts using 4x12, I'll…

SICP might interest you.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by joe563323 » Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 9:48 PM UTC

s_c_r wrote: post #14

Vim. I'm a notepad++ and PHPStorm user but I've gotten curious about the potential productivity gains afforded by the vim power user functions.

I use vim and emacs both. From a power user standpoint emacs is better. From faster edits perspective vim is better. I am sure most will agree with this view.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by joe563323 » Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 9:49 PM UTC

atarian wrote: post #316

Anger management. I don't understand how most people can get through a week without killing each other.

Me too. No idea how to deal with this.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by joe563323 » Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 9:51 PM UTC

kisop wrote: post #272

I have plans to relearn undergraduate mathematics (upto Functional and Complex Analysis) and learn the basics of computer science (just Algorithms, Data-Structures and Discrete math) in the first half of 2017. Being able to do this successfully would mean a lot to me. Finnish and Hindi are the two languages I wish to learn in the next year.

Hindi?? why?

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by joe563323 » Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 9:52 PM UTC

c_shu wrote: post #74

C++17 (Sigh. I use many languages but learning c++ takes me more time than all the other languages combined.)

Realized only after learning other languages. On the bright side c++ sets the bar very high.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by jkchu » Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 9:54 PM UTC

wallflower wrote: post #413

vcool07 wrote: post #206

My goal is to learn enough tech to build an end to end web based application. Planning to learn python, then html/css, MySQL and move onto learning deployment with AWS.... let's see how it goes !

If you do this, I recommend the thin slice all the way through to deployment. Get Hello World running locally and then deploy it. Get Hello World with some CSS styling running locally and then deploy it. Get Hello World with database augmentation running locally and then deploy it. What you will probably learn is that the way you deploy it is as much a part of the building process as the building itself...

With platforms like Heroku and Amazon's Elastic Beanstalk, I feel that deploying side projects is actually quite simple. Of course there will likely be some troubleshooting the first few times, but once you get your app running, deploying becomes trivial.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?

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Post by krapp » Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 10:08 PM UTC

1) I'd like to learn how to create a programming language.

Nothing complex or groundbreaking, but i've always been curious about how that all works. Maybe if it works well enough (it won't) I'd even adopt it as a scripting language for

2) Game development. Either to really learn Unity or C++/SDL/GL but put out something that isn't utterly basic and pedestrian.

3) I don't know. Something new. I'd hate for my life to have become so predictable that I can easily predict what opportunities will arise or what the limits of my ability to learn will be.