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Ask HN: What are your new years resolutions?

27 points by zerotosixty 5y ago

Im hoping to teach 50 people to learn to code this year and help them get a job in the tech industry.

SSShupe 5y ago
Write at least two hours per day.
reactor 5y ago
1) Learn inline skating. 2) Learn Piano. 3) Stick to regular practice of meditation.
jobsort 5y ago
Turn a profit out of my side project.
- u2077 5y ago
  Wish you luck on your project, have been growing one myself and it’s the most rewarding thing I do. Even if you don’t make much the learning experience is extremely valuable.
strikelaserclaw 5y ago
lose weight, been 40-50 pounds over weight for almost a decade, i keep dropping 20-25 pounds and regaining it again. I enjoy eating and drinking a little too much.
- DarylZero 5y ago
  Try total (not intermittent) fasting. I just discovered it and lost 50lbs very quickly but, more importantly, without difficulty. Easier than one meal per day. YMMV.
  - strikelaserclaw 5y ago
    do you do 24 hour fasting or multi day fasting?
    - DarylZero 5y ago
      Multi-day. IIRC I've only eaten on six different days since November 10th. Three Thanksgiving parties! One Christmas. Still eating out of social conformity but otherwise, just not. Next time I'll eat will be New Year's Eve.
  - MerelyMortal 5y ago
    My goal is to become a lean, fit, machine. First I have to drop a lot of weight. I started 4 weeks ago and I'm down 17 pounds so far. Basically I'm just limiting myself to about 500-700 calories of protein-rich foods a day, plus a multivitamin, a calcium/magnesium/zinc supplement, and more recently, a fiber supplement. It's very dangerous, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who hasn't put their body through extreme circumstances in the past and knows their actual (not percieved) limits. I haven't pooped in a week, and my last bowel movement was gnarly. A safer rate of weight-loss should not be more than 2 pounds a week, or approximately a 1,000 calorie defecit per day. An online search for a basal metabolic rate calculator should be a starting point. Advice to others, no matter what process you take: I recommend not weighing yourself more than once a week - it's a mental thing.
    - strikelaserclaw 5y ago
      how do u get anything done at ur job on such an extreme diet? I've tried 1000 cal deficit for 2 months and i barely slept most days due to the hunger.
      - DarylZero 5y ago
        Try eating even less. I don't eat anything and I'm never hungry. (This is because I have a lot of fat on my body.) If you're fat, you shouldn't ever be hungry, but eating food actually makes you go through cycles of hunger. Stop eating altogether you get a steady hormonal state that is never hungry (until your fat reserves deplete).
      - MerelyMortal 5y ago
        Eating only protien (versus carbohydrates) should smooth out the hunger. Keeping busy helps me ignore the hunger. For the first two weeks, the hunger was mostly mental. Drinking lots of water helps also curb the hunger as well as keep me focused. I don't know if there is a universal answer, just my experience. I don't sleep any better or any worse during versus before the diet. And actually, I've wanted to go to bed earlier to so I can sleep through the hunger rather than be awake to deal with it. Four, almost five weeks in, I don't have any mental hunger any more, I still have some occasional physical hunger, but its timeline varies. Somedays I feel like I could go all day without eating, somedays two meals isn't enough. I always stick to two meals a day: one breakfast, and one lunch which eventually moved back towards about three hours after normal lunchtime.
- seanwilson 5y ago
  A suggestion from a friend to stop the weight going back on: set a weekly calendar reminder for you to record your weight and to track + view this on a graph over time to jolt you into action (e.g. being more mindful with calorie intake again) when you see the weight creeping back on. The problem can sometimes be improving the feedback loop so you don't slip back into your old eating habits.
- 4rb1t 5y ago
  biggest recommendation would be dont do this as a short term goal with a diet.. that never helps and you will gain back your pounds. introduce exercise into your routine. eat healthy but dont deprive yourself of stuff. if you like to eat fried chicken eat it but try to make it yourself.
  - edanm 5y ago
    I highly agree with this approach. Specifically about fried chicken, I love it myself, but it turns out making "fried" chicken in the oven is super easy. And it's not really fried, so super healthy. I learned it from this Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jACqgyPAtD4&t=671s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jACqgyPAtD4&t=671s But just to outline how easy it is, the whole process is basically to cover the chicken with some cornstarch and salt, let it sit in the fridge for a few hours, then cook it in the oven for forty-ish minutes. So easy, and tastes 80% as good as real fried chicken.
    - 4rb1t 5y ago
      that looks bomb! Thanks for sharing. Havent really tried this but 100% will.
movedx 5y ago
Build my DevOps training platform and on-site training centre. Develop a portfolio of mentees. Replace contracting with income from the above :-)
elviejo 5y ago
Save enough to cover all expenses of my family for 5 years. Once 1) is complete enroll in PhD in mathematics (category theory and informatics). Beat my internet addiction
- rrishi 5y ago
  What do you think is future scope in category theory? I have been interested in functional programming, lambda calculus, type theory etc too as a hobby.
creakingstairs 5y ago
1. Run at least 35k every week 2. Make a polished game with a very small scope and publish it. Emphasis on “polished”. I keep making pocs and never finish them because the scope and the polishing (ui, fx) gets daunting. Also I’ve already started these two goals because I try to start my “new year” goals on a random day in December rather than starting on actual new year. I find I have better success rate that way.
zhichu 5y ago
1,Learn maching learning and deep learning to do something such as AI chess. 2, read English easily like a native speaker. 3, complete a paper to get master degree. 4,learn anything new and interesting, like painting and music.
- momothereal 5y ago
  If you're interested in chess programming, this is a great resource: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Main_Page https://www.chessprogramming.org/Main_Page
- TheAdamAndChe 5y ago
  https://fast.ai https://fast.ai is a good place to start with ML if you're new.
dominotw 5y ago
get skiing with grace and balance.
mf_tomb 5y ago
475lbs Deadlift and 185lbs Press Convert what I'm learning into content so that others may benefit.
- edanm 5y ago
  Nice goals! Similar to mine (higher weight but similar ambitions). What routine are you doing?
  - mf_tomb 5y ago
    Thanks friend! For both lifts, I work up to a top single around RPE 8 (difficult, but with no grinding or form breakdown), and then use that number to determine my 1 rep max for that particular day. Then I do volume based on the Prilepin chart. I find this works very well because it adapts to the stress of life.
gompertz 5y ago
To learn less new things and just get better at the stuff I already (somewhat) know through application. Too much time in recent years has been spent doing any Udemy or Coursera course that looked moderately appealing. The breadth of knowledge has become too much; with far too little depth.
knoebber 5y ago
Sub 3:30 marathon
- zoover2020 5y ago
  Any tips on running a marathon? Did 25% yesterday for the first time and it felt really good
black_13 5y ago
vne 5y ago
I've been seriously distracted and lack the inner energy to focus on things that truly matter. For a decade now, I've been trying to learn coding without success; always running around in circle, motion without progress. So, my new year resolution is to break this jinx and kickstart a career in tech.
ciconia 5y ago
- Work in my garden regularly (as in, put it in my weekly schedule). - Advance from producing food in the summer to doing it all year round. - Start an offline publication dealing with spiritual and philosophical matters, distribute it locally.
moooo99 5y ago
1) Write a blog regularly. My primary objective is to improve my english writing, a nice side effect would be to build an audience 2) Read a book a month 3) Finally finish a sideproject and publish it 4) Regularly workout
Winterflow3r 5y ago
Try and increase side project revenue so its ramen-profitable or at least hosting profitable
frankie_t 5y ago
Approach all my planning from resource (time and energy) allocation perspective. Previously I would just make a dump of all things that I want to achieve, which made any kind of planning unrealistic. Stay afloat but do not try to actively climb anywhere, save energy for inner work and contemplation. Stay at my current job (ok pay, just got hired), do not actively learn anything technical unless required for work (not interested, tired from technology). Do no work more than is necessary to feel I'm not gonna be fired. Approach very critically all learning endeavors that are related to programming, and only do things that I absolutely enjoy. Drop at first sign of dissatisfaction. Spend time on high RoI things (critical thinking, stress management and overall well being techniques). Drop low RoI things (movies, TV series, guitar). Try to fight news and politics addiction. Contemplate on how and where I want to spend the rest of my life.
GoldenMonkey 5y ago
Have residual and passive income that pays all the bills.
gwbrooks 5y ago
Grow funding of the nonprofit I lead by at least $400k. Delegate or die trying. Dial back the reflexive urge to self-host or home-grow every aspect of my personal and professional tech stacks.

27 points by zerotosixty 5y ago

Im hoping to teach 50 people to learn to code this year and help them get a job in the tech industry.

SSShupe 5y ago

Write at least two hours per day.

reactor 5y ago

1) Learn inline skating. 2) Learn Piano. 3) Stick to regular practice of meditation.

jobsort 5y ago

Turn a profit out of my side project.

u2077 5y ago
Wish you luck on your project, have been growing one myself and it’s the most rewarding thing I do. Even if you don’t make much the learning experience is extremely valuable.

strikelaserclaw 5y ago

lose weight, been 40-50 pounds over weight for almost a decade, i keep dropping 20-25 pounds and regaining it again. I enjoy eating and drinking a little too much.

DarylZero 5y ago
Try total (not intermittent) fasting. I just discovered it and lost 50lbs very quickly but, more importantly, without difficulty. Easier than one meal per day. YMMV.
- strikelaserclaw 5y ago
  do you do 24 hour fasting or multi day fasting?
  - DarylZero 5y ago
    Multi-day. IIRC I've only eaten on six different days since November 10th. Three Thanksgiving parties! One Christmas. Still eating out of social conformity but otherwise, just not. Next time I'll eat will be New Year's Eve.
- MerelyMortal 5y ago
  My goal is to become a lean, fit, machine. First I have to drop a lot of weight. I started 4 weeks ago and I'm down 17 pounds so far. Basically I'm just limiting myself to about 500-700 calories of protein-rich foods a day, plus a multivitamin, a calcium/magnesium/zinc supplement, and more recently, a fiber supplement. It's very dangerous, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who hasn't put their body through extreme circumstances in the past and knows their actual (not percieved) limits. I haven't pooped in a week, and my last bowel movement was gnarly. A safer rate of weight-loss should not be more than 2 pounds a week, or approximately a 1,000 calorie defecit per day. An online search for a basal metabolic rate calculator should be a starting point. Advice to others, no matter what process you take: I recommend not weighing yourself more than once a week - it's a mental thing.
  - strikelaserclaw 5y ago
    how do u get anything done at ur job on such an extreme diet? I've tried 1000 cal deficit for 2 months and i barely slept most days due to the hunger.
    - DarylZero 5y ago
      Try eating even less. I don't eat anything and I'm never hungry. (This is because I have a lot of fat on my body.) If you're fat, you shouldn't ever be hungry, but eating food actually makes you go through cycles of hunger. Stop eating altogether you get a steady hormonal state that is never hungry (until your fat reserves deplete).
    - MerelyMortal 5y ago
      Eating only protien (versus carbohydrates) should smooth out the hunger. Keeping busy helps me ignore the hunger. For the first two weeks, the hunger was mostly mental. Drinking lots of water helps also curb the hunger as well as keep me focused. I don't know if there is a universal answer, just my experience. I don't sleep any better or any worse during versus before the diet. And actually, I've wanted to go to bed earlier to so I can sleep through the hunger rather than be awake to deal with it. Four, almost five weeks in, I don't have any mental hunger any more, I still have some occasional physical hunger, but its timeline varies. Somedays I feel like I could go all day without eating, somedays two meals isn't enough. I always stick to two meals a day: one breakfast, and one lunch which eventually moved back towards about three hours after normal lunchtime.
seanwilson 5y ago
A suggestion from a friend to stop the weight going back on: set a weekly calendar reminder for you to record your weight and to track + view this on a graph over time to jolt you into action (e.g. being more mindful with calorie intake again) when you see the weight creeping back on. The problem can sometimes be improving the feedback loop so you don't slip back into your old eating habits.
4rb1t 5y ago
biggest recommendation would be dont do this as a short term goal with a diet.. that never helps and you will gain back your pounds. introduce exercise into your routine. eat healthy but dont deprive yourself of stuff. if you like to eat fried chicken eat it but try to make it yourself.
- edanm 5y ago
  I highly agree with this approach. Specifically about fried chicken, I love it myself, but it turns out making "fried" chicken in the oven is super easy. And it's not really fried, so super healthy. I learned it from this Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jACqgyPAtD4&t=671s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jACqgyPAtD4&t=671s But just to outline how easy it is, the whole process is basically to cover the chicken with some cornstarch and salt, let it sit in the fridge for a few hours, then cook it in the oven for forty-ish minutes. So easy, and tastes 80% as good as real fried chicken.
  - 4rb1t 5y ago
    that looks bomb! Thanks for sharing. Havent really tried this but 100% will.

movedx 5y ago

Build my DevOps training platform and on-site training centre. Develop a portfolio of mentees. Replace contracting with income from the above :-)

elviejo 5y ago

Save enough to cover all expenses of my family for 5 years. Once 1) is complete enroll in PhD in mathematics (category theory and informatics). Beat my internet addiction

rrishi 5y ago
What do you think is future scope in category theory? I have been interested in functional programming, lambda calculus, type theory etc too as a hobby.

creakingstairs 5y ago

1. Run at least 35k every week 2. Make a polished game with a very small scope and publish it. Emphasis on “polished”. I keep making pocs and never finish them because the scope and the polishing (ui, fx) gets daunting. Also I’ve already started these two goals because I try to start my “new year” goals on a random day in December rather than starting on actual new year. I find I have better success rate that way.

zhichu 5y ago

1,Learn maching learning and deep learning to do something such as AI chess. 2, read English easily like a native speaker. 3, complete a paper to get master degree. 4,learn anything new and interesting, like painting and music.

momothereal 5y ago
If you're interested in chess programming, this is a great resource: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Main_Page https://www.chessprogramming.org/Main_Page
TheAdamAndChe 5y ago
https://fast.ai https://fast.ai is a good place to start with ML if you're new.

dominotw 5y ago

get skiing with grace and balance.

mf_tomb 5y ago

475lbs Deadlift and 185lbs Press Convert what I'm learning into content so that others may benefit.

edanm 5y ago
Nice goals! Similar to mine (higher weight but similar ambitions). What routine are you doing?
- mf_tomb 5y ago
  Thanks friend! For both lifts, I work up to a top single around RPE 8 (difficult, but with no grinding or form breakdown), and then use that number to determine my 1 rep max for that particular day. Then I do volume based on the Prilepin chart. I find this works very well because it adapts to the stress of life.

gompertz 5y ago

To learn less new things and just get better at the stuff I already (somewhat) know through application. Too much time in recent years has been spent doing any Udemy or Coursera course that looked moderately appealing. The breadth of knowledge has become too much; with far too little depth.

knoebber 5y ago

Sub 3:30 marathon

zoover2020 5y ago
Any tips on running a marathon? Did 25% yesterday for the first time and it felt really good

black_13 5y ago

vne 5y ago

I've been seriously distracted and lack the inner energy to focus on things that truly matter. For a decade now, I've been trying to learn coding without success; always running around in circle, motion without progress. So, my new year resolution is to break this jinx and kickstart a career in tech.

ciconia 5y ago

- Work in my garden regularly (as in, put it in my weekly schedule). - Advance from producing food in the summer to doing it all year round. - Start an offline publication dealing with spiritual and philosophical matters, distribute it locally.

moooo99 5y ago

1) Write a blog regularly. My primary objective is to improve my english writing, a nice side effect would be to build an audience 2) Read a book a month 3) Finally finish a sideproject and publish it 4) Regularly workout

Winterflow3r 5y ago

Try and increase side project revenue so its ramen-profitable or at least hosting profitable

frankie_t 5y ago

Approach all my planning from resource (time and energy) allocation perspective. Previously I would just make a dump of all things that I want to achieve, which made any kind of planning unrealistic. Stay afloat but do not try to actively climb anywhere, save energy for inner work and contemplation. Stay at my current job (ok pay, just got hired), do not actively learn anything technical unless required for work (not interested, tired from technology). Do no work more than is necessary to feel I'm not gonna be fired. Approach very critically all learning endeavors that are related to programming, and only do things that I absolutely enjoy. Drop at first sign of dissatisfaction. Spend time on high RoI things (critical thinking, stress management and overall well being techniques). Drop low RoI things (movies, TV series, guitar). Try to fight news and politics addiction. Contemplate on how and where I want to spend the rest of my life.

GoldenMonkey 5y ago

Have residual and passive income that pays all the bills.

gwbrooks 5y ago

Grow funding of the nonprofit I lead by at least $400k. Delegate or die trying. Dial back the reflexive urge to self-host or home-grow every aspect of my personal and professional tech stacks.