Don't sweat it. I generally ignore holidays: I don't care about them. I spent this Christian with my parents largely because they insisted. I think with age I start carrying less and less about holidays. When I was 20, spending say new years alone sounded like a nightmare. At 32 last new year, I spent it on the couch with my dog watching movies and building a huge ass Lego set and to be completely honest it was probably my best new years eve.
Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas
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#52Thank you for this gesture. I lost almost everything. Job, 7-year relationship, my mental health. Feeling that I'm not only alone but inadequate to have a life like anybody else. I'm still alive, so there's that.
Sorry to hear that. Hopefully things turn around for the good for you :(
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#53Nobody in this World has ever been alone.
Everybody has their team of guides in the higher dimensions, and they are never on vacation, they are present every second of every day and every night.
You just need to learn to perceive them and to connect to them.
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#54Thank you so much for this! I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas spending it exactly the way you want to.
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Dang! That’s tough! How are you coping? You good?
I'll be lying if I tell that I'm good. In 2022 I'll study to become a programmer. Focus on algorithms, data structures, and try to learn math (I'm very math illiterate, I don't know anything beyond basic arithmetic). So at least by this time next year I'll have more knowledge.
I'm gonna be downvoted to hell but start with linear algebra. All the basics will be immediately useful for graphics programming.
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#56My mum died in January and my Dad died a couple of weeks ago. We didn’t do much for Christmas as a family but I keep thinking of the interesting things to tell my Dad about that he’s not around to tell.
He’d almost certainly be watching the James Webb Telescope launch
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#58I'm visiting my parents in a few hours and it's probably going to suck. We've really been drifting apart since they found out I was vaccinated and actually taking Covid seriously. Ugly things were said about me being a dumb sheep brainwashed by uni education etc.
Anyway, I'm joining the virtual all-HN hug. Some people have it worse, and if you (the person reading this) are one of those people, I want you to know that you matter and I want you to be safe and know that whatever is going on WILL blow over one day.
If it helps to make you feel better, feel free to write me an email (contact in profile) about the things on your mind.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dang! That’s tough! How are you coping? You good?
I'll be lying if I tell that I'm good. In 2022 I'll study to become a programmer. Focus on algorithms, data structures, and try to learn math (I'm very math illiterate, I don't know anything beyond basic arithmetic). So at least by this time next year I'll have more knowledge.
If you're doing it to get your mind off things, it can be a wonderful distraction. One of the best in life, as far as I'm concerned.
I was mostly math illiterate too. Geometry was my strong suit, not manipulating symbols. Still want to learn PDEs someday just for fun, mostly because I have no idea how to model anything as a PDE.
But I would never try to learn PDEs to make money, because it would put me under a lot of pressure, since I wouldn't be doing it just for the knowledge. Just make sure you're having fun as you're questing your way towards programming. It's key.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'll be lying if I tell that I'm good. In 2022 I'll study to become a programmer. Focus on algorithms, data structures, and try to learn math (I'm very math illiterate, I don't know anything beyond basic arithmetic). So at least by this time next year I'll have more knowledge.
I'm gonna be downvoted to hell but start with linear algebra. All the basics will be immediately useful for graphics programming.
Doesn't linear algebra requires a lot of background/intuition? I have none.