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I go through phases of being passionate and fixated on something, always reading about them, buying them, etc. Sometimes say, knives, sometimes computers, gadgets, etc. Right now on colognes. Kinda just hit me out of nowhere. Learning a ton about different notes, how they change over time, etc. I must have bought 25 in the past couple months. So, I guess that's my current passion.
Currently renovating my small abode (off-grid solar latest project) as a mental recovery from too many years in tech (and life), and yet my hobby/passion is currently Zig/WASM UI onto tiny-go back-end for some of these Raspberry Pies (plural?) stacked in a corner, since I feel that it captures some of the simplicity we lost along the way from dial-up BBS, and my early days of z80, 68000, C and before the modern chaos that has gradually pushed me away from I.T., and the world in general. I quit all social and news media circus a couple years ago. So HN is pretty much my only 'sense of connection' you mentioned, but what a great find it has been!! I take this opportunity to offer a sincere thank you to everyone here!
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.
So sorry to hear about your diagnosis. Best of luck on your battle, I hope the chemo is having the desired effect. My mom recently finished her chemo rounds. Took a real toll on her. Hang in there! You got this!
It feels so liberating to shoot 10-12 frames and that's usually enough compared to our big memory cards that can swallow hundreds or thousand photos. It forces me to plan more in advance and not iterating between every shutter click.
It's fun that nowadays we have 60 megapixel mirrorless cameras with ML-optimized super AF-systems, dynamic range of 14-15 stops, ability to make moonlight look almost like sunlight (those crazy high ISOs of models like Sony A7sIII etc), but in the same time you can make good photos with some film era 35mm SLR or Medium Format Mamiya or Hasselblad. With a little of practice and bunch of film one can learn to shoot photos without all that automation.
The electronic-less cameras are surprisingly easy to use: select ISO and the look by selecting film and it's ISO rating, measure or guestimate the amount of light, set shutter speed and aperture and then focus. That's it. No need for deep menus and buttons.
Also the chemical development of the film and developing paper photos from the negatives feels more fun than Lightroom + Photoshop workflow. And accidents are more fun.
Failing is more concrete as well. Once I probably shot my best cityscape photos (or so I want believe) but fumbled the development totally, but that's okay. At least I didn't get some mediocre photos I anticipated to be awesome.
Also the film cameras have quite a long history compared to the digital gear as nowadays all the DSLRs and mirrorless cameras are mostly the same.
The film cameras have a lot more of variety and different mechnical and usage differences and feel. Compare old MF folders to TLRs or to SLRs or compare Japanese cameras to German or to Swedish cameras and you'll see the differences. I guess the Soviet cameras would be ... interesting ... addition to the comparison as well but I'm trying to avoid them.
Hi from Idaho, United States. It snowed here this week, first time this season. Software engineering is my job, but I'm 41 years old now, and it isn't as fun as it used to be. I became a pilot 1.5 years ago, and now I'm selling my first airplane and buying a larger one. I've also done some woodworking projects recently. What a pleasant way to do something useful for my family.
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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OP is asking you to “comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment, however niche it might be.” Are you passionate about pedantry? If so, you might be in the right place. This post was nice to see. In addition to other things, I’m thinking about how to make simple tools/apps that bring back the sense of wonder we felt in earlier times on the internet. I made a little app (really just a function th…
Thank you so much for this post, and Hello from Tokyo! I'm currently working on an old fashioned website editing app, with a UI styled after today's note taking apps. I'm hoping that being able to work on my blog across devices without an internet connection - and without a like button or analytics script - will help me focus on what I want to write, instead of focusing on what will "sell". I'm thinking of putting an…
Hello. I appreciate this gesture, and also feel nostalgic for the primordial internet. I try to hold on to what felt magical about it to me in the early days. One of the remaining things left in my life that I feel passionate about is technology and programming. I've had a difficult time dealing with depression and that has cost me my career, but the one thing that keeps me going is learning new stuff and working tow…