Blog of Lars Quentin

Impossible List

Created: 2022-04-16

Last Updated: 2024-05-05

Introduction

See here for Explaination.

Academic Goals

• Finish my Bachelors Thesis (15.12.2022, see here!)
  • Finish my Bachelors Degree (08.03.2023)
• Finish my Masters (Feb 21 24: on track for perfect GPA!)
• Publish my First Paper (first one submitted got rejected :( )

Programming Goals

• Publish my first real life project (06.03.2023, it's Ankiding!)
• Publish my first library (14.08.2022, see nchainz)
  • Publish my first useful library
• Give my first programming talk (09.02.2022)
  • Now give it in real life (26.04.2022)
• Win my first Hackathon (25.05.2019, Spacehack!)
• Compete at a competitive programming contest (12.11.2022)
  • Compete at 10 contests
  • Have one where you don't completely suck
• Complete a Advent of Code
• Participate in a Hacktoberfest with useful contributions

Specific Software I want to write

• A Game Hack

Books I want to finish

• SICP (the lisp version, obviously)
• Cracking the Coding Interview
• Algorithmica/HPC
• USACO Guide
• vimtutor (Yes, I never actually read it)

Fitness and Health

Cardio

• Run a 5k in under 30min
  • Run a 5k in under 25min (09.09.2022, Sparkassenlauf, 23:01)
    • Run a 10k in under 1h (15.01.2023, in 54:55 on a treadmill) (05.05.2024 official)
      • Run a half marathon in under 2h
    • Run a 5k in under 20min
• Complete a timed half marathon (15.07.2022, 03:03:51)
  • Complete a timed full marathon
• Run at a formal event (09.09.2022)
• Complete the Goggins 4x4x48
• Run the Brockenlauf Half Marathon

Strength

• 0.5 plate Overhead Press (17.03.2024)
  • 0.75 plate Overhead Press
• 1.5 plate bench
• 1 plate squat with proper form
• 2 plate Deadlift (18.03.2024)
  • 3 plate Deadlift
• Learn a muscle up
• 50 push ups in a row
• 10 pull ups in a row
• Complete The Sally challenge

Flexibility

• Be able to do a split
• Be able to do a third world squat for a long period of time

Skills

• Learn Rope Skipping (22.10.2023)
• Learn the handstand

Fasting

• Do a 24h fast (23.03.2023)
• Do a 48h fast
• Do a 72h fast
• Do 7 day streak of 16-8 fasting
  • Do 30 day streak of 16-8 fasting
• Do a 7 day streak of alternate day fasting
  • Do a 14 day streak of alternate day fasting

Streak

• 100 days of no smoking (11.04.2023)
  • 365 days of no smoking (01.01.2024, still going strong!)
    • 5 years of no smoking
• 100 days of no soda (15.12.2023)
• 100 days of no caffeine (15.12.2023)

Other goals

• Publish my first Youtube Video (Master Theorem Visually Explained, 18.09.2022)
• Write my first proper blog article (not just technical notes)
• Get completely rid of my lisp

Skills

• Learn how to open a bottle with a lighter
• Learn how to properly do 10 finger typing
• Learn how to whistle songs
  • BFH theme
  • Lego racers

Cool Stuff

• Waterskying (14.07.2023)
• Jetski
• skydiving
• Bungee
• House Running
• efoiling
• Motorcycle Tour through Mongolia with my buddies

Fighting

• First Amateur fight