Ask HN: If you had a month of free time, what would you learn?
I am taking a month off to do something new (C++ programmer here). What would you recommend I learn ? iOS, Ruby, node.js or anything else (don't know any of these)
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Re:Show HN: I've launched my iPhone journal app I've worked on for alm...
on Thursday December 05, 2013 @08:53PM (#6858872)
Awesome! Look forward to it.
Re:Show HN: I've launched my iPhone journal app I've worked on for alm...
on Thursday December 05, 2013 @08:23PM (#6858756)
Beautiful app! It was a no-brainer setup and just worked! It so happened, I was listening to spotify while installing this app and it automatically pulled images and built a nostalgic video for me from the pictures I had stored! Just for that feature alone, I would use it. May be you can think about "centering" pictures and avoid zooming into dull areas etc.
But great inspiring job! Congrats!
Re:Show HN: Startup I Built in 48 Hours
on Monday May 20, 2013 @04:59PM (#5740001)
In 48 hours ? That's very cool! I like the fact that it is minimally good looking website!
Re:Ask HN: Why can't I get started?
on Monday May 20, 2013 @01:52PM (#5738943)
I can very well empathize with you. I still don't have anything to "show", but am slowly making progress. Baby steps. I started with little bit of javascript and went onto node.js and then setup mongodb. The setup HTML5 + mongodb + node.js is a fertile playground to get few projects complete.
Re:Show HN: my 1st web app, a p2p rental marketplace. Thoughts?
on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @03:53PM (#5714405)
Looks cool! How do you compare against say craigslist ?
Re:Show HN: I'm 36 years old and this iPhone app took me forever
on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @04:38PM (#5707905)
Nicely done! Was this a full time effort ? Please do come back and share how it is doing.
Re:Good startup ideas
on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @04:06PM (#5520927)
great share!
Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out
on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @05:52PM (#5410649)
Absolutely crazy ! That was a harmless joke gone wrong. Sorry mate.
Re:Interactive visualization of self-immolations in Tibet
on Monday March 11, 2013 @11:42PM (#5359987)
Sad sad story. Amazing viz that made an immediate impact on the story.
Re:Show HN: Stack-Ed for iPhone
on Sunday March 10, 2013 @03:49AM (#5351102)
Very impressive what you built in such a small timeframe. Keep it up!
Re:Show HN: visual discovery of TV/Movie quotes
on Thursday March 07, 2013 @09:45AM (#5337808)
Looks nice! I like it!
Re:Show HN: Random cat generator
on Thursday March 07, 2013 @09:44AM (#5337801)
If you could put more pictures on each refresh, it would be more engaging I think. Also it feel slow.
Re:Show HN: I made a site that calculates the market price of items on...
on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @09:39AM (#5285780)
Nicely done and Good luck!
Re:Philadelphia budget data visualization
on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @03:38PM (#5105133)
Those decimals are distracting and dont seem to have any purpose at this scale. Also it may be easier if you just put the $s in millions.
Re:Show HN: Premium Nature & Meditation Music Web App (my first solo p...
on Sunday April 15, 2012 @11:55PM (#3845824)
I tried on my iPad, but don't hear anything.
Re:Ultimate Day Trading Platform/Information Collector
on Monday March 26, 2012 @01:10PM (#3757616)
fuzzypickle: The most successful companies in the trading business are the one's who don't trade! For example, thestreet.com makes most money with their recommendation systems (doubt if they even make a penny with their own trades). So if you are thinking of aggregating things and providing a service, it is a good idea - but if you are thinking of using it to your own algorithmic trading, it may be an overkill. Remember the trading world has some of the smartest people (doing machine learning, statistics etc) and you are competing with them in the zero-sum-game.
Also as full disclosure, I have setup a fully automated algorithmic trading (using IQFeed for realtime feed + IBAPI), but it wasn't HFT - but medium frequency intraday. I shut it down because it wasn't profitable. But if you are thinking algorithmic trading, you need to get into machine learning and statistics space (most of the info is just noise in this space). I have myself thought about the aggregation as a service, but never got around doing anything in that direction and would love to chat if interested.
Re:Show HN: Free Unlimited Private File Sending (Beta)
on Wednesday March 21, 2012 @01:29AM (#3733273)
It is minimalistic and that's great! You say it is P2P, so would I end up paying for someone else's traffic like torrents ? I didn't see anything in the settings though.
Re:Ask HN: Re-entering U.S after post graduate U.S Degree
on Friday March 16, 2012 @01:14PM (#3714195)
I respect you for the fact that you never fudged your profile. I have seen many fellow Indians who do it and "somehow" make it. Sorry, I personally don't have any useful experience to offer though.
Re:Ask HN: If you had a month of free time, what would you learn?
on Monday March 12, 2012 @08:18PM (#3696364)
Web development is definitely in my interest area (because the closest I came was 15 years back in HTML!). Thanks for the response.
Re:Ask HN: If you had a month of free time, what would you learn?
on Monday March 12, 2012 @08:16PM (#3696359)
Thanks tzaman. Your second point makes me feel good already :)
Re:Ask HN: If you had a month of free time, what would you learn?
on Monday March 12, 2012 @08:15PM (#3696355)
lol! funny, but you drive home the point. I guess I am confused because I have many ideas (for example, iphone apps that keeps popping in my head, or a web educational app etc). Hindsight, I did the post in a hurry.
Re:Ask HN: How long should an ideal resume be?
on Friday March 02, 2012 @12:19PM (#3657381)
Thank you all for the valuable suggestions. I will be building 2 pages..
Re:HNers: Please give us a new name
on Friday March 02, 2012 @10:37AM (#3656900)
FrendzEat
Hungry is the problem and eating is the solution. You are solving the problem, so I would go along the lines of eating.
Re:Ask HN: How long should an ideal resume be?
on Friday March 02, 2012 @01:58AM (#3655688)
OK. Thanks. I am beginning to lean towards 2.
Re:Ask HN: How long should an ideal resume be?
on Friday March 02, 2012 @01:08AM (#3655573)
Video resume sounds like a great idea! Thanks for the response.
Ask HN: How long should an ideal resume be?
I am building my resume these days and would like some feedback on ideal resume length (I personally would prefer single page resumes irrespective of experience). Any thoughts is much appreciated. I feel like I could super-squeeze everything in single page without any fluff (but I have ~14 years of exp), but am concerned if it will appear weak.
Re:Ask HN: Please recommend skills to pick up
on Monday February 13, 2012 @12:54PM (#3586560)
Thanks jseims. I will take a look. Most likely I will revisit the thread once I have done more homework
Re:Ask HN: Please recommend skills to pick up
on Friday February 10, 2012 @01:40PM (#3576933)
Flash could be a problem. More than phone, I think iPad may have an issue.
Ask HN: Please recommend skills to pick up
Low level coder here (another way to saying I am out of date with relevant skills!). I have an idea that I want to develop this year. Please recommend the most relevant skills that I should get familiar with. The idea involves - Live conferencing and Archival of videos - Clean looking web interfaceSounds like boiling the ocean. But some pointers on general direction would be very helpful. Thank...