Martial arts, reading, long walks, lifting weights.
Ask HN: What Is Your Hobby?
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#12Unless you count netflix or social media doom scrolling as a hobby, our old idea of hobbies are in decline because people are busy making a living.
Cooking is sort of my everyday hobby, climbing & skiing are my weekend/seasonal hobbies.
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#13Walking, hiking, audiobooks, reading, amateur radio.
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#14I recently got really into watches.
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#15I recently got really into watches.
While I'm into it as well, but how do you define it as a hobby?
Some people tinker with watches, building or fixing them, but does owning a few watches and discussing them online count as a hobby?
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#16I am not sure how to separate a hobby from plain interest, the real hobby I do is building scale models, from plastic cars to wooden ships, although I don't have enough time for it.
I like to read, and have an interest in watches but don't count those as hobbies though.
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#17I recently got really into watches.
While I'm into it as well, but how do you define it as a hobby? Some people tinker with watches, building or fixing them, but does owning a few watches and discussing them online count as a hobby?
I always thought if you actually wore more than one watch regularly that was getting there more so than just about anybody.
Formulated by default decades before any idea people would be carrying timekeeping cellphones everywhere at all times.
Now if you simply wear one watch once in a while that's way greater interest than most people have any more.
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#18I recently got really into watches.
While I'm into it as well, but how do you define it as a hobby? Some people tinker with watches, building or fixing them, but does owning a few watches and discussing them online count as a hobby?
Most people I know have apple watches so researching mechanic movements and models is enough for hobby status to me. Like any other 'collecting' hobby.
But yes I've taken a few apart to try to fix and service them, even if it's only with my $20 amazon repair tool set.
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#19I like thinking and blogging [1] about electronic circuits despite lack of formal education. It being a hobby, I must concede that my involvement and proficiency remain well below industry standard. [1] https://blog.georgovassilis.com/category/electronics/
I like that.
This looks like some creative effort, are you building lots of prototypes?
When I can, I tend to use the guitar as my equipment so I can get creative with my instrument; the amplifier.
And of course the soldering iron.
It took years but within a certain range of audio circuits including the relatively high-voltage vacuum tubes and associated components I worked with since childhood, I trained myself to design with the soldering iron until satisfaction has been achieved, then document later if at all.
Using surplus or scrap components which I might have unsoldered by hand before being able to recycle them, in advance of taking the risk with relatively expensive new components :)
You come up with all kinds of things when you concentrate on getting the most out of what you have an abundance of, even if it is far from perfect.
More complex things, I'll study drawings or make my own crude schematics for more than one session before accumulating specific parts and plugging in the soldering iron.
I had a lot of math & theory as a kid, which I've forgotten most of, but came out pretty good when you look at it and apply it like "tin/lead sculpture" ;)
No PCB lots of times so with point-to-point, more than one prototype per day was common, or for pedals I would make a PCB in the wet lab because it was more of a chem lab anyway.
I had scopes and test gear and it was all mainly needed for troubleshooting & repair, not design. A huge milestone was to go from components to defect-free operation, consistently the first time you plugged one in, using only a minimal DVM along the way. You can't expect connoisseur sound the first time at all, but as long as it works and nothing smokes you can go from there.
I have said before that you can't start building proficiency early enough, and it's never too late, especially for detailed traditional discrete analog component work.
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#20Golf. I understand the image it has, and it's somewhat well-deserved, but the munis are teeming with fascinating people from all walks of life. I've made more friends in the past 5 years since I picked the game up than I did in the previous 10+ years of my post-college life combined. I love the ego check it gives me while rewarding real practice and patience. I also carry my clubs every round which makes it effectively a 5-7 mile hike each round.