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Other than physically moving abroad, what are your language learning hacks? I'm currently making a list of English words that I commonly use everyday. Hoping to use that as a base to learn French vocabulary (I…

For most people, it is hard enough to get good in one topic in our lifetime. Even harder to become a total expert. To do this in multiple disciplines is incredible. I am fascinated by such people.

I was watching a youtube video on a 10 dollar (!!!!) flip phone. It had some impressive games and apps (all HTML/JS) for it's screen size and processor. It was quite snappy. Anyone programmed/used it recently? Curious…

I'm asking only about those who create art with code

Is it possible to make a decent living (5k+ per month, USD) doing data visualization? Are there jobs in this field? Are there freelance projects? To be clear, I am not talking about dashboard creating tools like Tableau…

All we read about are the 20s and 30s whizkids starting companies and retiring before they even hit 40. Any examples of 40+ people starting companies successfully? Is 40s too late?

Other than depending on savings and/or family, what is your plan? Are you able to find freelance jobs? Are you starting something new?

Without running for office, without getting into politics, without organizing mass rallies etc (nothing against these, they have their place), what can an ordinary person with no money/clout like me do to help chip away…

I have a monkey brain. Unless I am extremely interested in a topic/task, I find it quite hard to concentrate for longer periods on it. Planning to try meditation to calm down and improve overall. Other than taking a…

Immediate downvote instead of helping, snarky comments - there was a time when it was awesome, not so anymore. Anyone else feel the same?

Trying to save more and start investing. What is your strategy for 2020, especially if you are on a normal salary and not millions of dollars a year earner.

Career, financial, relationships, learning, business, spiritual... What did you achieve that you're most happy about?

Projects like these: Svalbard Global Seed Vault - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault Archive Team - https://www.archiveteam.org/ Not necessarily digital. Any other projects that we can add to the…

It is a bit easier to keep track on the server side, but how do you keep track on the client side of things? Say if there is a new version of bootstrap CSS or jQuery, do you use any trick (other than manually checking)?

Not specifically talking about landlords but rentiers in general. I see them everywhere - they don't provide a lot of value, but they are masters in crafting really shitty (for everyone else) contracts and sit in the…

Preferably lesser known ones, the weirder the better (mechanical puzzles, word puzzles, algorithm puzzles etc) Any resource - books, websites, videos, shops...

Preferably lesser known ones, the weirder the better (mechanical puzzles, word puzzles, algorithm puzzles etc) Any resource - books, websites, videos, shops...

Anyone moved from programming to product management? How was the transition? What resources did you use?

Preferably stock Android, under 400$, definitely with audio jack, and that works in US and abroad. Any suggestions?

I know HN is deeply skeptical about blockchain, but there might still be some people here working on interesting projects. Would you like to share? Also, realistically, is it something worth learning, spending a year or…

Say you're learning something that is totally new to you and totally out of your comfort zone (Something like learning Chinese when the only language you can speak is English and you're a westerner, learning archery…