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Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Secondhand shopping and stores

Trying to build something for businesses like thrift stores, vintage stores, secondhand stores, used furniture, consignment, etc. I started working at a vintage shop a few months ago after leaving my SWE job, and it's a pretty analog industry. No updated inventory, digital presence, business intelligence, etc. (not for lack of usefulness or lack of trying, just because digitizing hundreds or thousands of unique one-off items is really labor intensive and not ergonomic on existing tools). Hoping to build something purpose built for the use case that can also make shopping secondhand more accessible to end consumers.

Feel like the social stigma against "used goods" is dissipating, and shopping secondhand/vintage is seen as a viable or even preferable option b/c of cost, uniqueness, cyclical nature of trends, or sustainability efforts.

If anyone has any thoughts or tips, I'd love to hear them!

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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Mental health. I recently passed out in public and had to finally admit to myself that I’m severely burnt out. I had ignored the signs and mentally written off the concept of burnout as a bit of a wishy-washy mostly “emotional” concept and not as the very real psychological AND physiological condition that doesn’t just go away if you get a good nights sleep and a day off. It was emotional to actually read up on it an…

> that doesn’t just go away if you get a good nights sleep and a day off Try to sleep (or at least stay in bed) 10+ hours a day, consistently for a few weeks.

If I don't get enough sleep (10ish hours in bed) I crash rather quickly. Long covid sucks.

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

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I'm obsessed with interfaces at the moment. How do humans interface with computers and data, from control to visual feedback. How humans interface with music, perform it, read it, store it. How do birds interface with tones and rhythm? How software interfaces with other software and hardware. How humans interface with the world via symbols. I've been reading about Semiotics a bit, and find the field fascinating. http…

Greetings from a fellow interface junkie!

I am noticing more and more how underwhelmed I am by the current status quo of human/computer interaction - everything seems so homogenous now, and after being heavily inspired by Alan Kay and Brett Victor, I'm sure there is a lot more to be done in this space.

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

#239

Games. I've been forcing myself into productivity for too long because that is the thing to do. I recently built a gaming pc, picked some jrpgs, and I'm having a blast. There are entire franchises and worlds for the exploring. There are amazing rich stories and history and beautiful soundtracks that I'm living through right now. My wishlist grows by the day as I discover new tales.

Bought a SteamDeck. I haven't play video games so much for the last 20 years as in the last 2 months.

Re: Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?

#240
post #232

Target shooting, specifically pistols and rifles. I recently acquired a 1973 Anschutz made in West Germany that I'm smitten with.

Is that 22LR?

Yes, single shot 54 action target model. Beautiful wood. I usually shoot heavier rounds, but you can shoot that thing all day. Best trigger I've ever felt.
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