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I had a friend recommend me memrise, he says that the answers and how to say things in another language stay in his brain long after he has stopped studying but he can't explain how, that is not like other apps where he has to try really hard to remember what he studied

https://www.memrise.com/

I'm 8 months in. I started on Codeacademy for Python, and finished it after about a month. The realization I hit when I finished, though, is that I only had the syntax, but I couldn't actually do anything with it. It was like knowing every preposition in English, fifty nouns, and nothing else.

So finish Codecademy. It's good for the syntax, and for keeping you going. Every day you try doing an exercise, though, also try an exercise from here. It's very simple math, I/O, and string processing. The biggest thing I learned from programming is that almost any fucking thing can be brought down to string processing, lists, and integers. Once you solve a problem, look at some of the other peoples' answers. Some of them are really stupid. Some are reductive. But some people use really smart solutions that other people thought up first, and make it work for them. Because that's what you need, when you're programming- a combination of really smart paradigms, tailor-made for your own situation. And pretty soon you'll be thinking of how to solve problems and make things actively.

E: Whoops, put in the wrong site.

Hey! Realizing there's a problem is the first step towards bettering it. At least that's what I'm told.

I'm actually in a similar situation as you, apart from the fact that I'm still a College student, and a little younger. We'll get there, I'm sure of it.

The only advice I can give you is developing discipline, so much so, that you persevere even if meditating makes you feel things you rather wouldn't because you've kept them hidden for so long, and even if you'd rather numb your senses by watching Tv instead of working out.

As for reading recommendations, I really enjoyed "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg and "The Wise Heart" by Jack Kornfield.

Best of luck on your journey.

Hey there, I use Python a lot at work and a bit for random projects on my own time. I used Codecademy to get off the ground. I already had some programming experience, but I reckon it is great for someone just beginning. You do the code in the web browser and it checks it for you. Starts off very basic and works up some useful skills.

After getting my head around the syntax and some basics with codecademy I also did a fair bit of this tutorial. There are plenty of other good tutorials too, I guess it's just a matter of finding one that suits you.

I agree that Python is a great language to start off with. Best of luck with it! Feel free to message me if you have any questions.

> keep track of my improvement by seeing my submissions in a chronological order?

Kind of. Whenever you've modified some code (e.g. you've added a new feature) you 'commit' your code. What you can do when you've made multiple commits is look back and compare to the previous versions, so you can see how you've improved that way.

For small chunks of code you want to share, http://gist.github.com will do the job :)

If you need any help getting this set up, give me a PM and I'll help you out :)

I went googling and geeked out (and may have also squee'd) when I saw these.

Star Wars Crochet

creepy and cute

Also check out the Edwards Menagerie and Crochet ever after in Amazon.

No, but for C++, C++ Primer seems to be the way to go.

¡Puedes empezar por Duolingo!

This website teaches you any language they have available, in a very mechanical way. And don't feel intimidated by Spanish. I'm a bilingual person and I can confirm that it is a lot easier than English.

One thing to remember: Try to work on your language in a constant manner, every two days at most. It's very easy to forget stuff when it comes to this. Happy new year, and good luck!

Expertise: Chess

Current stage: Month 3

Progress update: I'm tweaking my plans a bit, since I think I figured how to achieve my short term goal. I really want to be able to play bullet and not fall prey to basic tactics and dropping pieces. So I'm planning to play 15 mins+10sec. And once I've gone through a good stretch of games without dropping pieces and I feel confident, I'll move on to a shorter time control like 10 min then 5+5, 5min, 3+2, 3 min, 2+1, 1+1, until 1 min.

If you're thinking to yourself "well jeepers, what kind of patoot will drop pieces at 15+10?!" Well I just played this game today. Hopefully I'll have some success before my bimonthly update.

Expertise: Chess

Current stage: Month 3

Progress update: I am sort of changing my short term goals. I really want to be able to play bullet and not fall prey to basic tactics and dropping pieces. So I'm planning to play 15 mins+10sec. And once I've gone through a good stretch of games without dropping pieces and I feel confident, I'll move on to a shorter time control like 10 min then 5+5, 5min, 3+2, 3 min, 2+1, 1+1, until 1 min.

If you're thinking to yourself "well jeepers, what kind of patoot will drop pieces at 15+10?!" Well I just played this game today

OP,

When you are ready, look into Flask. It's a python package for web stuff. The Flask tutorial walks you through making a page where your python app runs as a server and when you navigate to the page you can write "blog posts" which are stored in a sql database. the SQL side of it is very basic but it's a decent jumping off point.

Here is the Flaskr tutorial

P.S. CA also launched a SQL course recently, so check that out.

P.P.S. the Khan academy stuff is great, check this out!

I'm still just starting, myself, but some good places to check out would be /r/financialindependence and /r/passiveincome as well as books like "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", "The Richest Man In Babylon", "Your Money Or Your Life", and "A Random Walk Down Wall Street". (I'm still working on those last two, but they come pretty highly recommended)

I really like how motivated you are in going after all of these. I will say, from expereince of doing the same thing (learning German, Mandarin, Acoustic guitar, swing dancing, hydraulic engineering all at once), I'm concerned you are going to burn out or make little progress in each of these. A book that helps me refocus on one project is The One Thing. I've moved the same effort and focus one project at a time and gotten amazing results.

I hope you can prove me wrong, but I hit a wall at week 8. Best of luck!!

Seems like everything is from "Zhigao" on amazon (canada), so went with it, quite like em so far.

https://www.amazon.ca/ZHIGAO-ZG-5063-Coated-Spinning-Black/dp/B016MJ0ZEI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1460581895&sr=8-2&keywords=pen+spinning

This drum pad looks pretty good, looked through the reviews and while it's not really professional grade, it seems good for casual usage and practicing. Pre-owned there's currently one available for $135. Alternately if you need something cheaper you can get a roll-up drum pad for $40 though never having used one I can't really say how good they are, so it's worth checking reviews on various websites. If you can it'd be better to put more money into your purchase and get something that will last longer, but I understand since you want to do this in the course of this year you might want to get something cheaper since it will be quicker to save up for.

If you can't find anything suitable online, try local pawn shops or second hand instrument shops. If you go into a store, see what they have in stock and then go back and research it to make sure it isn't awful. There's plenty of crappy instruments for sale lol. Second hand instrument stores often have higher quality products but for a higher price than a pawn shop. Pawn shops aren't always aware of what they're selling so can occasionally sell things for very good prices without even realising what a bargain they've made. Because the staff are (usually) not music specialists it's more likely you will buy something faulty from a pawn shop so make sure the instrument is in a good condition before buying and test out every last thing, as the staff may not have done that themselves.

It's certainly possible, but you would have to keep in mind that they are different. I'd recommend starting with Modern Hebrew. (I'm not sure exactly which book to use, but Ha-Yesod looks decent.) After you've done the equivalent of two college semesters of Modern Hebrew, use Biblical Hebrew for Students of Modern Israeli Hebrew by Marc Brettler to learn Biblical Hebrew.

The reason I recommend starting with Modern Hebrew is because Marc Brettler's rocking awesome textbook assumes you've stared with Modern Hebrew. Additionally, you're probably more likely to find resources about Modern Hebrew aimed at a new learner, much like how anyone might start to learn a new language. In contrast, in my small experience (seriously, it's small, because I learned in Hebrew school instead of online or through a book), beginner's Biblical Hebrew will likely be taught as if it's some Latin-like dead language without the usual practices and with using confusing, archaic descriptions.

Fun side fact - you're more likely to die after some experience: http://i.imgur.com/kO2RmHb.png

Believing that you are better than you are with a minimal amount of experience can be very dangerous. I'm not trying to be a downer, but that very confidence can be fatal.

I hope this guy flies safe!

source: http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Zone-How-Why-Pilots/dp/007136269X