What are you learning at the moment?

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#25

dutch
apache spark

#26

Absolutely nothing, and I feel dreadful about it.

SUBTHREAD: useful and interesting things to learn for the uninspired and time-poor modern person?

#27

Nothing. Iā€™m old now, Iā€™m done learning stuff.

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#28

Learning languages is always useful

Thereā€™s plenty to learn on Coursera too

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#29

Thanks - Coursera looks very interesting. I also get access to Lynda.com through work and thereā€™s all sorts of useful stuff thereā€¦

I quite fancy an ā€œIntroduction to Codingā€-type course, but there are so many to choose from. Feels like a huge gap in my knowledge (assuming a decent grasp of Sinclair BASIC doesnā€™t cut it these days) which I need to fill.

#30

Iā€™d probably recommend codeacademy for introduction to coding type stuff, coursera probably do have some courses that cover an introduction to coding but I like the fact that codeacademy has you writing basic programs straight off the bat.

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#31

Iā€™ll check that out - Iā€™ve heard of it before but never taken the plunge. Thanks!

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#32

Japanese. Best thing about it, is I can singing ā€˜learning japaneseā€™ to the tune of ā€˜turning japaneseā€™

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#33

nothing, I think I knocked myself out with all that part time learning a few years ago, although I am now applying to some masters

#35

I would like to get back into relearning French. Last year I was trying to do this through a combination of daily Duolingo lessons and listening to records by Jacques Dutronc & FranƧois Hardy etc. My understanding of the language improved however my confidence in speaking it didnā€™t.

#36

You spoke French at the meet didnā€™t you?? You were excellent!!

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#37

Haha thank you! Thinking back though, Iā€™m fairly certain that was me parroting the only phrase in Spanish that I say convincinglyā€¦

My French is pretty mumbled :unamused:

#38

I wanted to hear how @Unluckyā€™s Japanese was coming along!

#39

Didnā€™t we all.

#40

Are you adding anything to your skill set at the mo, Witches?

#41

Iā€™m learning to learn less :smiley:

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#42

No we did not. Iā€™ll do a vocaroo when Iā€™ve learnt more than the sounds of the characters. Though Ive missed 3 days in a row now despite my phone reminders.

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#43

Get that crafts room of yours sorted out! :slightly_smiling_face:

#44

Haha, sighā€¦ I know. I basically have. We just need a bigger flat!

#45

oooooh. tell me more?