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

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Post by moralestapia »

I've been working for the past two years on software/tools for carbon measurement, with mixed results. I am a bit frustrated because I put a lot of effort into creating something that I thought would push the field forward 10 years but it feels like it's going nowhere while at the same time I see others peers getting 10M-100M valuations for a product with much less features. Marketing is #1, it's been said countless times but I never learn ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Anyway, today I woke up with a small-ish idea on my mind and have been doing some research around it the whole day, it has a new nice spark to it and I feel again refreshed and happy to be working again on something I care a lot. It has to do with building the cheapest possible standalone sensors with sat. comms (I just heard about swarm.space yesterday, here), the idea is to find a way for it to be self-sufficient wrt energy (solar+battery, but how much can one lower the price). I'm not entirely sure if it will work or not but prototyping it will cost me ~$2,000 which is a fair price to pay for 2-3 months of entertainment.

Also, I wish there was something like HN in the physical world, as I enjoy this site a lot and I figure it would be super nice to meet the people here IRL.

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

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Post by rakejake »

tomcam wrote: post #131
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.

Perhaps, but I don't see myself FIREing and then spending my life gardening or something. I would like to have a sustained, organic interest in something (may not be software, but definitely something in the scitech). That is my goal and for that, I needed to take some "time off" and cultivate some discipline.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

blinding-streak wrote: post #45

Thanks so much for posting this, I love the spirit of it. I'm passionate about my sobriety journey. I just got home from a dinner party of ex coworkers and friends. Being the only one not drinking is hard for me and a huge change. I used to lead the charge with booze, it was the thing that took my crushing anxiety away. It made everything more fun. Well, that can only last so long when you abuse it so much and it fuc…

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

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Post by 1995moz »

This post took me back to 1995 when I bought a PC from Best Buy on no interest payment plan, while FOB in US as a graduate student. I downloaded some primitive VoIP App (don't recall the name, seem to remember something Intel had released) and instantly connected with someone in South Africa. This discussion very well captures the feeling I still vaguely remember from back then. PS: I forgot to pay off in time and I had to pay the full accumulated interest along with penalty at the end of the 18 months. Expensive lesson.

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

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Post by nzealand »

G'day mate.

I'm currently really into listening to old school sci fi audio books as I hoof it up the local trails on an emtb (electronic mountain bike.)

For primordial internet, I recommend Tildes. It's very quiet. Much like the internet was back in the early 90's.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17103093

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

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Post by saperyton »

proton_9 wrote: post #105
blinding-streak wrote: post #45

Thanks so much for posting this, I love the spirit of it. I'm passionate about my sobriety journey. I just got home from a dinner party of ex coworkers and friends. Being the only one not drinking is hard for me and a huge change. I used to lead the charge with booze, it was the thing that took my crushing anxiety away. It made everything more fun. Well, that can only last so long when you abuse it so much and it fuc…

Didn't think I'd find something like this on hn. Good luck to you mate. I'm on the journey too. Almost 2 years now, was on the verge of brink and posted something on hn to which Dan, the moderator emailed me and told me to hang in there. At the time had no one, still keep a small circle and no immediate family. His words gave me strength to survive and possibly how I ended up in recovery instead of the other side.

Dang is an unappreciated treasure of HN who does not get enough credit. Thank you dang.

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

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Post by rakejake »

oeN wrote: post #164
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…

Pretty much the same here, for the past months I didn’t cared too much but last week I re-discovered Rust and I’m having fun with it. Anyway my time in front of a screen is way less than it was an year ago and it feels good for now :)

Cheers. Was already on the Rust train. I'm waiting for this year's Advent of Code.
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