16:[[30130142,{"by":"goethes_kind","descendants":26,"id":30130142,"kids":[30132133,30131925,30132734,30133116,30134673,30132965,30131731,30131071,30130737,30130979,30131958,30136127,30131484,30131507,30138295,30132902,30146328,30132328,30135972,30132139,30130186,30131333],"score":42,"text":"My social life is lacking and I would gladly make some new friends. But the only place where I can socialize is the workplace which is full of people like me and the conversations always turn back to work.

I would gladly meet up with some interesting educated people from other professions. I am just at a complete loss where to go and what to do to accomplish this.

This might even be an idea for some kind of new social app, but for now I am asking the question to you, hoping some know good ways to accomplish this.","time":1643488615,"title":"Ask HN: Where do you go to meet interesting people (not engineers)?","type":"story"}],[28938359,{"by":"adityar","descendants":11,"id":28938359,"kids":[28938831,28956295,28938466,28938387,28949913,28956702,28949099],"score":20,"text":"I read "the intelligent investor" once a year or so to reinforce the value mindset. Are there any other books like that worth reading periodically?","time":1634773497,"title":"Ask HN: Books Worth Rereading Periodically?","type":"story"}],[28389125,{"by":"gls2ro","descendants":15,"id":28389125,"kids":[28390459,28406580,28390828,28389573,28389399,28389599,28390413,28389741,28390248,28391997,28390772],"score":16,"text":"I have experience of working in Ruby on Rails for more than 10 years. I have some knowledge of Javascript but I don't know React or Vue or any new JS library.

I see a lot the combination of Ruby on Rails with React so I decided I want to learn React and then maybe Vue.

So I am looking to buy a book or a course that could help me learn React (but not server side nodejs) as fast as possible.

I am looking at something where I can build a project with a medium difficulty. I tried in the past to learn Vue from some Udemy course and a book but I got bored with the pace of the resource. It was building something very simple and focused too much on Nodejs on Backend and React on Frontend.

What would you suggest? What worked for you?","time":1630562545,"title":"Ask HN: What is the best resource to learn React for a Backend Developer?","type":"story"}],[28111885,{"by":"narush","descendants":56,"id":28111885,"kids":[28112350,28111929,28112681,28112263,28113164,28112773,28112213,28112168,28113103,28113052,28127128,28113010,28112331,28113176,28112260,28112206,28112172,28112607,28112562,28112935,28114312,28111996],"score":32,"text":"Hey HN. I'm a (somewhat) competent programmer looking to put my free time to better use then watching whatever the YouTube algorithm decides to feed me. Specifically, I'd like to do my part in taking active steps to help fight climate change.

I do stuff outside of programming for the environment (not as much as I'd like, but that's a bit of a separate issue), but I'm wondering if anyone here has thoughts on ways I can use my skills to contribute a cause that is matters a bit more.

I've considered contributing to OS projects - but I have no idea what might be impactful and useful to the world generally. Anyone have thoughts on projects / specific ways I can put my free time to use programming in this direction?

Thanks for any thoughts :)","time":1628473294,"title":"Ask HN: How can I, a programmer, help with the fight against climate change?","type":"story"}],[27511796,{"by":"dilpreet_singh","descendants":19,"id":27511796,"kids":[27512025,27512230,27512080,27514121,27527402,27522320,27517360,27513062,27514044,27511897,27512300,27516139],"score":7,"text":"I use it often between cognitively demanding work sessions (like around 50 min work session), to get some quick relaxation for 10 min so that I am ready for the next work session and am cognitively recharged.

I haven't been able to find a better solution to this, that allows such cognitive relaxation quickly between work session allowing me to quit Instagram.

What do you guys do between cognitively demanding work session, when you feel mentally exhausted?","time":1623736608,"title":"Ask HN: Anyone tried quitting Instagram?","type":"story"}],[27448810,{"by":"amrrs","descendants":2,"id":27448810,"kids":[27459923,27460144],"score":3,"text":"I see a lot of people using Notion to improve their productivity, I tried a bit but I was constantly moving between multiple to-dos and Notion became one another To-Do (along with default reminders, Keep). I'm just curious to know Y'all use it!","time":1623251415,"title":"Ask HN: What do you use Notion for?","type":"story"}],[27366284,{"by":"unixhero","descendants":4,"id":27366284,"kids":[27367982,27392055,27390071],"score":8,"text":"The topic sums it up.

For the uninitiated, here is a description of what it is: https://www.shuomi.me/blog/what-is-the-zettelkasten-research-method","time":1622622399,"title":"Ask HN: Anyone use the Zettelkasten method and what are its benefits for you?","type":"story"}],[26999705,{"by":"Graffur","descendants":1,"id":26999705,"kids":[27005021,26999877],"score":3,"time":1619818743,"title":"Ask HN: Is it better to form a team around skills or a product?","type":"story"}],[26962167,{"by":"kilodeca","descendants":17,"id":26962167,"kids":[26967245,26966542,26963127,26980229,26967728,26962555,26966566,26966379,26962298,26974771,26975635,26980334,26962338,26966465,26966791],"score":9,"text":"I am frustrated by the things I want to do but don't know how to do them.

I want some books to read. Suggest any book that vastly improve your skills.","time":1619560261,"title":"Ask HN: Suggest Some Books to Read","type":"story"}],[26931085,{"by":"break_the_bank","descendants":41,"id":26931085,"kids":[26932200,26933507,26931116,26936820,26931389,26931262,26931557,26937309,26937928,26931840,26931706,26939378,26931889,26942123,26937763,26934835,26933286,26932700,26940596,26931263,26932165,26940500,26932471,26938739,26931575,26939187,26931827,26938937,26931512],"score":41,"time":1619337314,"title":"Ask HN: What has been the biggest contributor in improving your sleep?","type":"story"}],[26898823,{"by":"febin","descendants":22,"id":26898823,"kids":[26909185,26902211,26909383,26911003,26900375,26913252,26899838,26904045,26910935,26940563,26904026,26901419,26911226,26899927,26898873,26900166,26900229],"score":24,"time":1619066642,"title":"Ask HN: What books, courses, practices helped your mental health last year?","type":"story"}],[26886447,{"by":"thn-gap","descendants":16,"id":26886447,"kids":[26894199,26887172,26889258,26886731,26897233,26886669,26896541,26901702,26886536,26895614],"score":15,"text":"The current Working From Home situation means that there is less control on whether someone is working or not at a given time, other than for meetings and chats.

While I try to keep my working hours at 40 per week (as my contract says), I have the feeling that some coworkers are using (or abusing maybe) the WFH to actually put in significantly fewer hours than the expected ones, while still getting all the salary, and has become their new norm.

What are people's experiences, both own and from their coworkers? For those putting fewer hours, how do you manage to go unnoticed?","time":1618990335,"title":"Ask HN: Who is using WFH to work fewer hours?","type":"story"}],[26866463,{"by":"snickersnee11","descendants":41,"id":26866463,"kids":[26867230,26868212,26867767,26870232,26876492,26867655,26868131,26866529,26869261,26868713,26867867,26868028,26867834,26869815,26881377,26869438,26866570,26868908,26868907,26868450,26869208,26885728,26867951,26869825,26868125,26871620,26869849,26866926,26867528,26907266,26879366],"score":61,"text":"Even though I'm mostly surfing the internet because of procrastination, most of the time I do find some interesting nuggets of wisdom, though I never make notes on them, do not reflect and forget most of them pretty soon.

Some time ago I've read a bit of pretty good advice: "Every time you encounter a piece of new information (lecture, blog post, book, etc), you should try to recall it immediately after". I understand the importance of active recall, and I've been pretty much hard on myself since most of the time I'm on auto-pilot just skimming everything.

Nevertheless, I struggle to make efforts to consistent active, mindful reading, questioning and engaging with information.

How to stop consuming and begin to think?","time":1618857741,"title":"Ask HN: How do you become an active reader and deep thinker?","type":"story"}]]

1.	Ask HN: Any recommendation for a good History of Science book? 85 points by mariedavid 4 years ago \| 92 comments
2.	Ask HN: Do you have good tips for tech interviews? 12 points by mariedavid 5 years ago \| 21 comments
3.	Ask HN: Do you use zettelkasten? What have gou gained from the experience? 2 points by mariedavid 5 years ago \| 2 comments

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