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Ask HN: What are your goals for November?

• pg 14y ago
  Find the needles in the haystack.
  • D_Alex 14y ago
    By coincidence, I spent a good part of today looking at very powerful magnets to extract needles etc from cut grass! If only we could find the analogue for your problem...
    • ryanwaggoner 14y ago
      I would love to hear more about this :)
      • sillysaurus 14y ago
        Seconded.
        • deleted 14y ago
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        • D_Alex 14y ago
          Sure! Although what I posted is quite literal, and the explanation is rather trivial. Near where I live, a waste collection center sends grass cuttings to a cattle feedstock blending plant, that a business partner of mine has an interest in. The concern is literally needles (syringe type). Currently a conveyor belt running over a magnetic drum is used to remove ferrous materials, but the magnetic field strength is insufficient. The idea is to place powerful rare earth magnets in a grid through which the cuttings would drop, hopefully improving the removal rate. So we are looking for needles in a future haystack!
    • fduran 14y ago
      There's a MythBusters episode about this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2004_season)#Needle_in_a_Haystack http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2004_season)#Needl...
      • TheMakeA 14y ago
        Well, I certainly hope pg isn't putting the non-needles into an incinerator like Jamie...
  • prasoongupta 14y ago
    And this is a needle talking to you
• shanelja 14y ago
  Firstly I want to find a new job, higher paying is my main goal at the moment as I feel I am being undervalued by my current company and their refusal to bring my wage in line with my co-workers despite performing equally, if not better than the majority of them doing the same task. (I should mention they get paid 3 times what I do, the only difference being a degree, the fact that we do the same job, with the same deadlines and difficulty being irrelevant for some reason.) Next, I would like to work on my relationship with my girlfriend, there has been a lot of tension lately, mostly due to the way I've been acting and I feel as if I owe it to my girlfriend to try and improve the person I am, there is no point in saying "it's all her fault" - I know I'm in the wrong and I need to do something to change that. After that, I want to put aside some personal me time, I've been overloading on work recently and haven't really had time for fun. I don't remember the last time I went out with friends or even spent a day with one and that's quite a sad thing. Next I want to save up some money to fly to Spain to see my newborn baby niece. When she was born she had internal bleeding and a myriad of other health issues, we didn't think she would make it, but she proved to be strong and my sister just took her home last week. Plus, I haven't seen my family for 7 months now and as lame as it is to say this, I miss my mum. Outside of that, putting more time aside for personal projects would be nice but at the moment it isn't a priority for me, just one of those "it would be good to have this" things.
• ammmir 14y ago
  I will wake up at a decent hour every day. I will reduce clutter in my life, on my desk, and in my head. I will learn more about App Store marketing so CloudPlay, my music app for Mac, can grow even faster. The final miracle will be if I can get a shipping beta of CloudPlay for iOS ready by the end of the month. I have no idea; I haven't yet started and this will be my first iOS app.
• lixon 14y ago
  Quit my job and do what i like
• donniezazen 14y ago
  Be more relaxed and happy.
• rasengan0 14y ago
  http://www.nanowrimo.org/ http://www.nanowrimo.org/
  • dreadsword 14y ago
    Good call!
  • jlees 14y ago
    Good luck with that! It was seeing friends post about NaNoWriMo that inspired me to post this thread, actually; I'm not doing NaNo, which made me think what am I doing?
• nodemaker 14y ago
  I want to travel Thailand and find out a way to solve my marketing problems!
  • D_Alex 14y ago
    Eh... wants and goals are not really the same.
    • nodemaker 14y ago
      :) well flights and ads are planned!
• DanBC 14y ago
  Have fun with my son. Get more access with my son. Move on with life after a difficult year.
• ejain 14y ago
  Integrate several self-tracking services (incl FitBit and Withings) with my generic data collection service, zenobase.com.
• jwdunne 14y ago
  To be happier than I have been in October. To finally give up smoking, which has been a defining struggle in Oct. To stick with the 5:2 diet. To do something cool and actually finish it.
  • joefarish 14y ago
    What made you choose the 5:2 diet? Are you not worried about having no energy on those 2 days?
    • jwdunne 14y ago
      Lack of energy is not a worry at all. I had a fast day yesterday, didn't touch breakfast, dinner and had something very small for tea but wasn't completely drained at all. I had walk to and from the convenience store about 3 times after work, which wasn't harder. It even felt easier climbing the stairs too. I chose the 5:2 since I'm interested in trying intermittent fasting in general but thought alternate-day would be harder to stick to. The plan is to transition to ADF eventually. There was a BBC documentary that shown the benefits, including more controlled IGF-1 and compared them to a group of people who completely like IGF. The people in this group are only around 4ft tall yet have a immunity cancer and a whole host of other diseases. Another motivation is that my boss has been doing ADF for the past 3 - 4 weeks. He reported a 4in drop in his waist line and felt fantastic overall. He mentioned the story that motivated him to try too. A friend of his followed ADF and within 6 weeks, he looked like a new person. He is also an MD so it makes me much less worried about trying it.
      • jlees 14y ago
        That's really interesting. I'm going to have to look into that, as I have a pretty intense workout schedule (Crossfit + triathlon training) and don't usually do well working out while fasted. Thanks for sharing.
• dagw 14y ago
  Get married
• raghava 14y ago
  * play around with C->Python interface. (http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8497 http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8497) * complete the wedding preps before Nov 28 * give interviews and find a job
• revorad 14y ago
  Get ramen profitable.
• andyjsong 14y ago
  hire an android dev and close a deal with a CPG.
• sophiabatka464 14y ago
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• kahfei 14y ago
  Switching career and get a programming job, would love it to be something in Ruby on Rails. Be it permanent, remote, freelance, part time, whatever. I tried different approaches this year, so far nothing come out of it. One gig was discontinued as the owner decided to switch to a local developer. The other project took half a year now and still no further progress from the owner. Just attended an interview which didn't work out. As someone already mentioned, have fun with my son. Am teaching him Scratch at the moment, hopefully can complete a simple game by end of November :-)
  • Nathandim 14y ago
    Nice to find someone who's sharing goals with me. Though I have to admit I'm not exactly new in programming, my goal for this month is to learn programming concepts (algorithms etc.) in order to prepare myself for the switch to RoR. I must clarify that I'm beginning with Python mostly because I'm having trouble finding good programming lessons that use Ruby. This is a comment from a fellow HN user that I use for reference in material https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4709336 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4709336
    • kahfei 14y ago
      Hi Nathan, I think there are quite a few good tutorials for Ruby and Ruby on Rails too, perhaps you already know some of them like Ruby http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram http://rubymonk.com http://rubymonk.com http://rubykoans.com http://rubykoans.com http://rubybits2.codeschool.com/levels/1 http://rubybits2.codeschool.com/levels/1 Ruby on Rails, http://railscasts.com http://railscasts.com http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book https://class.coursera.org/saas/lecture/preview/index https://class.coursera.org/saas/lecture/preview/index #coursera saas course with ruby on rails as medium Challenges or puzzle https://www.hackerrank.com https://www.hackerrank.com
• bemmu 14y ago
  Release iOS app & plan what to do next.
• skrish 14y ago
  * Balance work hours - 7:30am to 4pm. Play with kid in beach for an hour, sleep for an hour and get back to work till 11pm. Today is the first day in this schedule & time to go home. :)
• yen223 14y ago
  Hopefully I'll get a better-paying job. I am currently getting paid ~$13,000 annually developing software for assembly-line robots.
• scottlilly 14y ago
  My main goal for this month is to start applying lean manufacturing principles to my life. I'll be recording all my activities (on paper, since I'm probably the last programmer without an iPhone or Android device), the results of my efforts, and building value stream maps for the important processes. This will be for all aspects of my life - work, social, health, etc.
• lmm 14y ago
  Nanowrimo. And if I don't own the flat I'm trying to buy by the end of the month, it won't be for lack of trying. (Conveyancing, now there's an industry that needs disruption).
  • dreeves 14y ago
    We (Beeminder) just made a tool to force yourself to spread the writing out over the whole month: http://blog.beeminder.com/nanowrimo http://blog.beeminder.com/nanowrimo Would love to hear what people think of it!
• padseeker 14y ago
  To get my startup into beta no later than the end of the month For the record it is called Padseeker - http://padseeker.com http://padseeker.com
• Nathandim 14y ago
  I want to begin learning programming (algorithms, data structures etc., already have sources to achieve that), become familiar with using the terminal and related tools, take baby steps towards Vim, get familiar with managing a Linux web server and maybe I'll finally decide on a back-end web development language (for now I find both Python and Ruby juicy and attractive).
• tehwebguy 14y ago
  Sign a popular webcomic for a merchandising deal (started with musicians, then youtubers).
• jlees 14y ago
  Improve my swimming technique, culminating in 50 yards proper freestyle. Build a Letterpress solver. Enjoy time with my dog. Run outside with no goals or time limits, just to be. Teach my first online course, and see how well that content and format works for future courses.
• linh 14y ago
  Get 1,000 users at the end of month for my startup.
• albertogh 14y ago
  Write a HN app for iOS in a week, documenting all the process in a series of blog posts. I've been wanting to do this for a couple of months, but I have so many projects going on that finding the time for this app (which I wouldn't expect to generate significant profits) has been difficult.
• RollAHardSix 14y ago
  Professionally: Having gone from web design & development into the print design world, I'm looking at getting back into pushing the (and my!) limits of web design & development (starting with building a Personal Portfolio website), and am also interested in continuing my artistic endeavors be it digital or print. Personally: I have a BJJ grappling competition at the start of December, so by using November to hammer out my game, I will be ready for this tournament.
• anujkk 14y ago
  1. Launch a premium wordpress theme I made for personal site/blog/portfolio targeted mainly at freelance hackers/designers. I made it as a side project to be used at my own personal website and I believe there are many others who would love to use it. I will complete its documentation this week end. 2. Decide about what my next side project will be (preferably something that can be a source of passive income). If possible begin working on it. 3. Learn Haskell. 4. Will try to include tabata in my exercise schedule. 5. Will spend a weekend helping someone else.
• jamesjguthrie 14y ago
  Professionally: Beta launch for my company's (Hey Jimmy) staff timekeeping solution for SME - Team Sheet. Get some funding. Get http://heyjimmy.net http://heyjimmy.net finished. Academically: Get all my undergraduate coursework complete on time. Personally: Get everything (apart from the meal) paid off for our wedding in December.
• tprice7 14y ago
  Write a three-voice fugue in ten tone equal temperament.
• traxtech 14y ago
  I'll try to finish and launch my next startup project, My MD expert (remote medical second opinion from world leading experts). Lots of testing to do, experts to recruit with my co-founder, create the LTD...