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Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by tomcam »

rakejake wrote: post #94

I am currently in this phase where tech stuff does not interest me very much. I still work a tech job and do a fair bit of coding, but mostly put a stop to obsessively reading every tech article on this website, code up something new in my free time, learn a new language etc. Sometime during the pandemic, I stopped caring, perhaps fell into a bit of anhedonia. Thankfully, reading HN kept me informed about boreout (th…

Glad you were able to move back and muster up some interest in life again. I have the IQ and demeanor of a Labrador and somehow never lost my interest in tech 40 years after I started. Who knows, maybe your journey will lead you out of it now that you’re safely back home.

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by michaelhoney »

Hello friend, from Launceston, Tasmania.

Right now I'm procrastinating on building a backyard sauna. Each of the plausible next steps has considerable activation energy to get started. I'm thinking about that resistance and what it means.

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by BaculumMeumEst »

For some reason this post reminds me of the game Journey, which has drop-in/drop-out anonymous co-op where you just chill with a stranger for a little. Highly recommend it if you like games, it's on sale currently.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/638230/Journey/

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by dandybike »

Hello from Vancouver. It's cold and windy here. My line-drying gym equipment is a mess, flying all over the balcony of this rented (obviously) apartment.

Not a tech guy, just curious. I'm in finance, suggesting ideas to people. Tech has been an escape. It feels so structured somehow.

Reading "Pride and Prejudice" for fun. Just want to connect with people across ages. I'm 36, friends are getting cancer, the image of death has been rendering itself in ever higher resolution.

What I create will perish for sure. I hope my daughter feels like the world is huge and hers to discover.

Peace to you all.

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by holler »

blinding-streak wrote: post #118
holler wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Congrats on having the courage to make a change! > it was the thing that took my crushing anxiety away. Paradoxically it's also the thing that creates the crushing anxiety when abused. One day at a time, be kind to yourself, life is a journey.

So true. When abused like I did, it created so many more problems than it solved. I wish I had the clarity to realize that in the moment.

It can be helpful to frame things from a perspective of self-discovery. You may uncover new truths about yourself and the world that you would otherwise never have found. It builds character, good luck!

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by nynx »

zacharycohn wrote: post #99

Seattle, checking in. I'm tinkering with my homemade Raspberry pi powered NFC Sonos jukebox. Uploaded code, rough design instructions, and a demo video here for anyone else to build: https://github.com/zacharycohn/jukebox

Neat project! You seem like a super interesting person! How’d you get into parkour?

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by nicklaf »

I'm replying to your thread. Will our interaction remain visible to visitors of Hacker News in an hour? A day? A week?

The element of human interaction that you're missing was lost when social media gave up on archiving threads the way forums did, and where followup replies to the thread bumped it to the top of the index.

Re: Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment

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Post by tomcam »

dev_throw wrote: post #68

I love niche forums like HN because it satisfies my itch for mind expanding content. The closest I got to that was OG StumbleUpon, if you know, you know. I'm unfortunately not passionate about much nowadays; in treatment for stage 4 cancer, so I'm fairly exhausted all the time. I'm glad I can still maintain my cognitive abilities during chemo so I can still do my job.

Best of everything, friend. Many of us are pulling for you. My pal somehow got through stage 4 brain cancer. There’s hope.
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