Thread for 2025: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42509408Thread for 2024: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38782613Thread for 2023: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33873800Here are mine:Technical skills:- Among my last year's goals was to take on VR dev, which sadly I did not get to. Punting it to 2026. I'm thinking to get the Samsung Galaxy XR and experiment with some VR apps and...
Looking at my own goals for this year I wrote in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38782613,> I am thinking to go through as many of Andrew Ng's deep learning courses as I can. With AI developing at such a fast rate, it would be beneficial to know how it works underneath.I ended up doing the entire Deep Learning Specialization and thoroughly enjoyed it. The courses gave me a good idea...
Thread for 2024: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38782613Thread for 2023: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33873800I'd like to take on VR dev alongside my existing journeys in computer graphics, iOS dev and Unreal Engine. A stretch goal would be setting up a blog to document my experiences in those journeys.In terms of non-technical skills, I'm thinking of focusing on sales and...
Inspired by a similar thread asked a year ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33873800I'm thinking to split my online learning in two parts: marketable skills (1) and just-for-fun skills (2).For (1), I am thinking to go through as many of Andrew Ng's deep learning courses as I can. With AI developing at such a fast rate, it would be beneficial to know how it works underneath.For (2), I'm...
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Another idea was improving the renting experience in London (where I'm based). There are so many new flat listings here that it's hard to find the ones you like. My idea is to crawl over the more popular agencies' websites and organize the listing information neatly with extra customizable filters, such as "1 mile away from a tube station" or "bedroom that is at least X sq.m." (for the ones that have an included floor plan). I haven't actually tried out that idea yet, and it would definitely solve a problem all my friends and I are having - we all go through a miserable experience in finding a flat. However, one problem would be that some of the agencies' ToS prohibit crawling.
I also had an idea about a Citymapper-like tourist guide mobile app, but with the pandemic, that won't be relevant anytime soon.
I have a full-time job as a software engineer. I'm in my 20s, and my eventual goal is to create something of my own (a software project) on the side which can earn me money, so that I can focus on it full-time and quit my full-time job. When selecting a project I focus on the following criteria: 1. There is an actual need for it - Since it's something that I want to bring me decent income one...
I have a full-time job as a software engineer. I'm in my 20s, and my eventual goal is to create something of my own (a software project) on the side which can earn me money, so that I can focus on it full-time and quit my full-time job.When selecting a project I focus on the following criteria: 1. There is an actual need for it - Since it's something that I want to bring me decent income one...
Even though some of them are lists of startup ideas, they're mostly from an investor point of view, rather than enterprise/end-user point of view.
Inspired by another post 5 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9799007
I've been looking at eating regimes, for example aiming to lose fat, gaining muscle, etc., but there are many different resources on the web which often conflict with each other. What should I treat as the source of truth? What is the one place that has the science-backed explanations behind these diets?
2) What I want to do - for starters, small hobbyist projects like playing with sensors, displays, etc. My end goal is to be able to design cool IoT projects, such as smart security cameras, and sell them.
3) I can dedicate 1-2 hours per day. I don't expect to have the equivalent of a Bachelor's degree any time soon, but am happy with any kind of pace.
I have virtually no experience in this field and would like to learn about electrical engineering - both in theory (e.g. the relevant formulas, best practices to design circuit boards, etc.) and in practice (e.g. soldering, little projects, etc.)What resources can you recommend? I'm looking for starter kits, books and/or video lessons.
I recently developed interest in Electrical/Computer Engineering, but since I have a full-time job now, I can't sacrifice the time to pursue a full-time bachelor's degree. I have a background in mathematics and Software Engineering. What online courses/books/blogs/kits would you recommend to match an Engineering bachelor's degree curriculum?
I recently developed interest in Electrical/Computer Engineering, but since I have a full-time job now, I can't sacrifice the time to pursue a full-time bachelor's degree. I have a background in mathematics and Software Engineering. What online courses/books/blogs/kits would you recommend to match an Engineering bachelor's degree curriculum?