Do you learn anything or just wasting your time?

[CaffeineAddict]

Curious do you guys learn anything new whether Linux related or anything else in respect to IT or just wasting your time?
Do you read any books, practice terminal etc?

What are your reasons not to learn? life? lack of time? too old for this sh* or something else?

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To start first, I used to read PDF books before, plenty of them, but due to motivation loss this stopped.
However noticed it's a real waste to time not to learn anything, it's not good for brain to do nothing, it feels like going out of date, so I'm considering to start learning something like before despite all excuses not to.
Who doesn't have excuses? hah. we all do.

I think I've mastered Linux in those 2.5 years since my switch, but now there's emptiness.
However I've got 3 new books totaling in some 1.5K pages downloaded and waiting to be read, what's missing is still some motivation.

 

[Smilax]

I had always wanted to take up gunsmithing, so when I retired that's what I did. I've become pretty comfortable completely disassembling and reassembling/repairing/upgrading S&W double action revolvers (and by extension Taurus, very similar) and some Ruger single actions to the point where I'm comfortable working on other people's. Just this week I learned how home irrigations systems work and fixed ours (came with the house but never worked b/c severed buried wires) so after five years I can stop dragging hoses. I recently bought a pair of BoaFeng radios and am learning how to program and use those beyond the basics.

I used to stay pretty busy helping people with Windows PC problems but quit.

 

[KGIII]

I make it a point to learn something every day.

When I was a wee lad, I was told that I should exercise my brain and not just my body. So, I learn something every day.

I tend to focus on STEM subjects, but I'm also fond of history, sociology, psychology, and matters of law.

 

[Smilax]

I make it a point to learn something every day.

When I was a wee lad, I was told that I should exercise my brain and not just my body. So, I learn something every day.

I tend to focus on STEM subjects, but I'm also fond of history, sociology, psychology, and matters of law.

This morning I got a little biology, my driveway security cam picked up what looks like a pair of ring-tailed Lemurs. I managed to get a Department of Natural Resources lady on the phone and she now has the footage.

 

[PuppyHome]

I have a very inquisitive mind and i love learning new things. When it comes to Linux; whenever I get bored as @CaffeineAddict stated in post 1 I will look around for other 'fun' things to do with my OS. When I get a positive trigger of course. Will not invest time in things when I am not interested. My current 'obsession' is learning more and as much a possible about Puppy, it intrigues me.

CONFESSION: Well, since this is an off-topic area and I am among friends the BEST things (and the most useful) to learn is about yourself. I found this out just recently.
I am a recovering addict of 40 years (yes, really) and currently following a 2 days per week recovery program and the things I discover about myself is so valuable, it's priceless.

Learning new things is progress. Progress is movement. Movement is going places. When we stop challenging ourselves we start to wither.

 

[Smilax]

I am a recovering

...alcoholic, took my last drink at 0415 November 27 2021. Life is so much better without the poison.

 

[ranking1960]

Always try to learn something, went to collage and got a degree in network admin, didn't make a penny from it but that's beside the point.
Started with Linux years ago with RedHat on floppies back in the collage days which didn't last long enough to learn it.
Switched from Win 10 six months ago and have been doing the distro hop since. Right now I'm torn between nuking my Fedora 44 KDE install to test Kubuntu because some say Timeshift won't work well on Fedora. I know I can come back to it if I have to within a short bit of time but it's set up pretty nice now.. oh the agony! hahaha.
Anyway I'm learning Linux currently so that's trial and error.

 

[PuppyHome]

...alcoholic, took my last drink at 0415 November 27 2021. Life is so much better without the poison.

Awesome keep it up. Thanks for sharing.

74 days sober and clean today! Longest time ever in 40 years. The struggle is real.

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

Curious do you guys learn anything new whether Linux related or anything else in respect to IT or just wasting your time?
Do you read any books, practice terminal etc?

I usually do system hopping often. Not just distro hopping, but full on PC hopping. Like I'll jump from the M1 Pro I am on now to my surface, to my LXQT Mac, my M1 Mini, my father's Business PC, MX on a few other PCs (dells and whatnot). I am using my surface less and less due to the "Tablet" Nature of the device, as It's just not right for me anymore as I am doing a lot more typing than I used to. I have been using my MBP for 2 days, and want to give Alshi Linux once I get the screen fixed. I just get bored easy. Besides that, I just struggle with finding a "Jumping Off point" for learning the terminal at the moment. I still want to learn, and am hopefully will be taking the linux pathway at my school. just need to find "The PC" that I want to use with it often.

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

Awesome keep it up. Thanks for sharing.

74 days sober and clean today! Longest time ever in 40 years. The struggle is real.

Nice! best Wishes! you got this!

 

[PuppyHome]

Nice! best Wishes! you got this!

Thanks man. Appreciated!

 

[KGIII]

I am a recovering addict of 40 years (yes, really) and currently following a 2 days per week recovery program and the things I discover about myself is so valuable, it's priceless.

Congratulations!

While I enjoy a glass or two of wine, I seldom drink to excess. It'd be rare for me to have a BAC above 0.08%.

It's a long story, so I'll share just the executive summary...

Back in 2018, I was a passenger during a spectacular automobile wreck. (Note that I do not call it an accident. It was pretty much a certainty, given our behavior.)

I was pretty smashed up. The most worrying part was a broken femur. Picture the top of your femur. Now, draw a diagonal line from the outside to the inside -- at the widest possible point.

Well, I knocked that bit of my femur clean off. They put it back, of course. Recovery was long and painful.

So, they gave me opiates. I do love me some opiates. I've dabbled in them before the wreck and had them prescribed multiple times throughout my life. They were great for insomnia.

Anyhow, I'm on Suboxone today. I still hurt, but I had to cut out the other opiates. Try as I might, I'd just keep on taking them. (Opiates are awesome drugs, which is why people do them. They do have some downsides, however.)

So, I've been on Suboxone for going on six years. It's a good thing that I am.

They do two things. They provide a barrier to the opiate receptors and will make you sick if you do try to use. They don't get me high or even do anything for the discomfort.

I'm stable. I only go to appointments every two months.

Anyhow, if you're going to ride with someone who is more inebriated than you are, don't egg them on and try to make them drive faster. In our defense, it was a great time -- right up until we went sideways entirely through a telephone poll, started rolling, and ended up about 100' into the woods.

Amusingly, the driver is also my lawyer. Yeah, he got into a bit of trouble. He was going to be disbarred, and I testified in his hearing. It took him many months before he stopped apologizing. I don't blame him for my stupidity.

 

[PuppyHome]

Thats quite a story @KGIII. Glad to hear you are stable now and having prescribed something that makes you sick from opiates. These s*ckers can be nasty over time.

 

[KGIII]

Thats quite a story @KGIII. Glad to hear you are stable now and having prescribed something that makes you sick from opiates. These s*ckers can be nasty over time.

They can really mess with your life. The 'good' news is that I wasn't impoverished. That means I never had to break any real laws, I never violated my friends'/family's trust. It wasn't even necessary for me to lie about it. I remained functional, more or less.

But it's great to hear you're living your best life.

 

[NicWelds]

I try to learn new things every day. I always have some sort of Linux related documentation on the go. I recently decided to learn Python, I'm applying it by writing a program for my welding business. It's a simple metal weight calculator that figures out weights based on the kind, size and shape of the piece. Other than that I always have some sort of project in the garage that I'm trying to figure out. Today I learned that putting a lawn tractor tire back on the rim is harder than it sounds.

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

I Today I learned that putting a lawn tractor tire back on the rim is harder than it sounds.

This reminds me of putting car tires on in the winter. my pop runs an auto shop, and it's a real pain to get them on when they sit for a while. My Pop' still tells me about how he used to put Semi Truck tires on by matches...

Flings' em up!

 

[Smilax]

Awesome keep it up. Thanks for sharing.

74 days sober and clean today! Longest time ever in 40 years. The struggle is real.

40 years daily drinker. After about six months I started sleeping, and after 12 months I was sleeping the best in my life. In about 18 months I started noticing significant memory improvement. In three years I was stunned, my memory was excellent. I now have something pretty close to what I always thought of as "photographic". I never lose anything, I don't have to write stuff down, and remember something I glance at in great detail. Names and places long forgotten are back. Lots of other good things too, like rock steady hands and fast, sure reflexes. It's the best gift I've ever given myself.

I won't tell you it's easy, I had to decide I didn't want to die first. I'm not much of a coach, but I'll happily share anything I've experienced with you. I'm on Telegram Messenger 24/7 if you use that service.

 

[Smilax]

This reminds me of putting car tires on in the winter. my pop runs an auto shop, and it's a real pain to get them on when they sit for a while. My Pop' still tells me about how he used to put Semi Truck tires on by matches...

Flings' em up!

Ask him if he ever worked on two piece lock-rim wheels. Scout's Honor, I did.

 

[PuppyHome]

40 years daily drinker. After about six months I started sleeping, and after 12 months I was sleeping the best in my life. In about 18 months I started noticing significant memory improvement. In three years I was stunned, my memory was excellent. I now have something pretty close to what I always thought of as "photographic". I never lose anything, I don't have to write stuff down, and remember something I glance at in great detail. Names and places long forgotten are back. Lots of other good things too, like rock steady hands and fast, sure reflexes. It's the best gift I've ever given myself.

I won't tell you it's easy, I had to decide I didn't want to die first. I'm not much of a coach, but I'll happily share anything I've experienced with you. I'm on Telegram Messenger 24/7 if you use that service.

Gonna print this out and keep it in my wallet.

well done, man!

 

[CaffeineAddict]

74 days sober and clean today! Longest time ever in 40 years. The struggle is real.

I quit smoking after every cigarette lol

I was counting too, the longest ever was 2 months, still not sure how I managed for so long.
Alcohol, drinking more than usual lately however I can be without it if I want.

Don't ask me about coffee, I eat coffee hah.

I wish you good luck, most important is to not give up, if you give up subsequent attempts may be harder, at least I feel so with cigarettes.