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Ask HN: Where do you find unknown knowledge?
Most of engineers are curious people. People are fascinated when they learn and explore new things.
As an engineer where do you find new knowledge?
* Engineer related topics (like new way of architecting/designing your software, gotchas/failures in microservices, simple fascinated algorithms and so on)
* Real world physics/chemistry (why explosion happens, how metal is formed, why stars explode and so on)
* Human/social knowledge. (why we buy products, why we love, why brexit happened)
Please share your source of knowledge, youtube or google doesn't make sense.
- malicioususer11 7y agooccult book stores, VX forums, popular mechanics, under snapple lids. :)
- zzo38computer 7y agoAll sort of stuff; it cannot be summarized just one or three.
- sunstone 7y agoIf you're not reading the Economist Magazine then it's not a bad place to start.
- eb0la 7y ago'Economics' stuff is a hidden gold mine worth mining. I started playing with Java because a finance newspaper in Spain was sold with the Java Alpha3 SDK CD (yes, I'm that old).
- codingslave 7y agoThis magazine is pretty biased though, and most opinions are mainstream.
- PopeDotNinja 7y agoYouTube & Google are where I go. For anything super specific, if it's within my capabilities, I learn by building attempting to build it, and then seek for feedback on what I've built. Also, traveling, talking to interesting people, and trying new things.
- theknarf 7y agoThe Strange Loop conference always have interesting talks (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_QIfHvN9auy2CoOdSfMWDw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_QIfHvN9auy2CoOdSfMWDw).
- rramadass 7y agoMy way of approach to learning; Actively maintain non-stop curiosity about everything and Train yourself to quickly grasp the "kernel" in any subject i.e. learn to identify the "heart of the matter". When it comes to learning there are no time constraints, no competition and nothing matters outside of "grokking it" to your own standards. Do lots of Internet research, Identify offbeat subjects/people, Browse bookstores and keep buying Books :-) Always be on the lookout for something different from the commonplace and the norm. Generally, the "populace" only looks at the obvious, popular and the lowest common denominator. Hence identify people/books who are contrarians, look into nooks and crannies of various subjects and try and understand their viewpoints. Breadth of mind and a willingness to give-up cherished beliefs when proven wrong are a must.