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Ask HN: What's the one thing you've always wanted to learn?
Also, why haven't you learned it yet?
- tylercubell 11y agoArchery. Lack of time/motivation.
- arnold_palmur 11y agoPublic speaking.
- kasey_junk 11y agoClay target shooting - not a lot of facilities on the south side of chicago
- cesarbs 11y agoHey, same here. I'm in Seattle though. I have no idea were to start... Sure, I can go to a gun shop and get a shotgun, but then what?
- bjourne 11y agoI've always wanted to understand Wiles proof for Fermat's Last Theorem. I have started on it but I have no good idea on how to approach the subject. Experts say that it takes decades of studying for a layman to understand it.
- panorama 11y agoWeb security because I'm a web developer who definitely builds unsecure applications. Unfortunately (and incorrectly, IMO) the full stack dev market doesn't really value security too much as it pertains to marketable job skills. For instance, I spend my time improving my Javascript skillset which has a greater impact on my bottom line at the moment.
- semicolondev 11y agoIf you can identify you're writing insecure code or building insecure apps you are just being lazy to do it proper way. Web security IMO isn't about learning a new thing, these are concepts that are part of the development flow. Good resources to start with: OWASP Top Ten Project https://goo.gl/yv6D4t https://goo.gl/yv6D4t OWASP REST Security Cheat Sheet https://goo.gl/93VPKD https://goo.gl/93VPKD
- panorama 11y agoThanks for the resources. Not sure if calling me lazy is fair, I don't know what I don't know, but I'm almost certain my code isn't 100% bulletproof. Not because I see something blatantly broken and just decide not to fix it.
- cdvonstinkpot 11y agoFrench. I have no patience for such an endeavour.
- J_Darnley 11y agoThreads. I can't find any example that shows you how to do more than printf in a thread.
- 3minus1 11y agoTextbooks can be good for this kind of thing. We read Operating System Concepts by Abraham Silberschatz in an OS class I took and it has a whole chapter on threads.The entire book is actually really good, each chapter reads like an essay discussing the topic in a natural way.
- rajnikant 11y agoEthical Hacking. Lack of time
- christopherDam 11y agoWant to learn Virtual Reality. Not get time But I really want to do. Please if someone has good resource please post
- MalcolmDiggs 11y agoHow to dance well. Would love to take a hip hop dance class or something. I think my fear of embarrassment keeps me from doing it.
- JSeymourATL 11y agoOn the subject of learning to dance, Tim Ferriss offers some excellent advice > http://blog.timferriss.com/1/post/2009/05/dance.html http://blog.timferriss.com/1/post/2009/05/dance.html
- dragonwriter 11y ago#1 & #2 are excellent (and reasonably common) advice for any form of partner dancing, #3 is Argentine Tango-specific, but probably generalizable to equivalent foundational frame and technique in other partner dances (mutatis mutandis, e.g., gender-swapped if you happen to be female.) But if you get to that level at all, you probably have the kind of innate talent or predisposition (which is not the same thing as body type) that Fenriss dismisses; lots of people do all those things and don't, even with a lot more time, reach that kind of level. And, while they're valid and common pieces of advice, I think it leaves out some important things for most people. More important than having a male and female teacher, IMO, is having the right teacher for you -- both skill and personality fit matter and good teachers will know both roles (there is still value to having teachers which specialize in each role, but I would say this is less important.)
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- billconan 11y agoI want to learn an instrument. I'm afraid it's too late. I also want to learn all the latest deep learning stuff. I'm learning, but the progress is slow.
- egor-n 11y agoI have always wanted to learn how to sketch.
- oweiler 11y ago(Shotokan) Karate. Practiced it for some years but stopped at some point because I was not able to match my ambitions.
- alfapla 11y agoPlaster walls like a pro. I tried to learn it but I haven't got the knack.