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

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Post by 331c8c71 »

zenkat wrote: post #214
krat0sprakhar wrote: post #178

Thank you for posting this! Excellent idea. Currently, I'm passionate about nailing pinch harmonics on the guitar. I've been struggling to get the right sound but I'm looking forward to the day I can do that so that I can cover so many amazing songs that use it! Also, spending some time learning about docker extensions and thinking of some ideas of what kind of extension I can make :)

What is the trick for making them work? I tried a few times and gave up -- just couldn't get even close enough to iterate & improve.

Crank up your distortion and try to move the spot where you pick - for any position of the left hand there will be couple spots where they'll be easiest to make.

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

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Post by chrisrickard »

frans wrote: post #280
chrisrickard wrote: post #100

Hello from Melbourne, Australia. This weekend it finally started to feel warm, and I'm ready for summer. I ran a software development agency for 8 years, sold it at the start of the pandemic, and been travelling with my wife in an RV around Australia thinking about what's next. One of the issues we faced in our business was around centralising project requirements, and ensuring both our clients and our team could ref…

Great story and best of luck with your launch. Are you part of any online communities to share your progress? I am currently a member of MicroConf [1] and getting a lot of help from it. - [1] https://microconf.com/

Awesome, thanks frans - I'll check it out.

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

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Post by majjam »

DecoPerson wrote: post #70

A nice thing about earlier forums (email chains, vBulletin), is that there was a defined order to the replies, unlike Hacker News, Reddit, or others, where each comment thread exists as its own thing, unconnected to the comments around it (except those it directly replies to). It's like having a thousand forum threads all running simultaneously on the same page. My brain doesn't handle that well. For anyone seeking a…

Thanks for that, but what is it?

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

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Post by Bhurn00985 »

As a deeply technical person, I am trying to figure out business development.

I have come to a stage in my career where I am more valuable in finding projects for my team, than in delivering projects myself.

So as somewhat of a prerequisite, I need to learn about personal / team branding, relationship building, marketing, and consulting sales.

While this is definitely out of my comfort zone, and I'm still figuring out how to actually be competent at this, I believe it will be a valuable skill to one day start my own company.

PS: If anyone has good resources, do share !

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

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Post by Simon_O_Rourke »

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…

I wish you the best of luck on your journey - it's a difficult path, I've had friends and relatives who were similarly afflicted and it's a complex addiction to resolve when it takes hold! Keep at it, a day at a time!

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

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Post by LinasKo »

So, here's the thing - there's a secret world of sports and odd activities that, I feel, only a select few know about, that are both more fun, cheaper, and more beginner friendly than mainstream stuff.

I found, a while back, that things like Lightsaber Fencing, Megagames (board games with 60+ people), dodgeball, Historical Fencing, Ultimate Frisbee, Apenkooi (tag, dodgball, minigames in the Netherlands), etc - I found that those exist. And I finally feel great doing sports - it's great to explore around a bit, do something unusual for once.

The issue is - communities are small, barely known. And it's a wee bit tricky to manage a club as it is, even without doing marketing and outreach.

So I've taken up a project to try and help out. Bundle all the unusuals into one platform, help with club management, help with being seen. In a way, perhaps I can take all of these small activities and form "one big sport" that can grow faster as a result.

Anyway, humble beginnings, but here's the site: https://nogym.co/

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

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Post by x86hacker1010 »

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, you see that? You very well saved a persons life and run a great community. Hats off to you my friend.

To OP, wishing you the best on a successful recovery and happy times ahead.

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