I beat FTL on normal
Mantis rush is OP
as a ship or vs against?
i played with the default ship and luckily didnt get rekt by things boarding
Ask HN: What are the single person activities in Christmas and/or New Year?
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Re: Ask HN: What are the single person activities in Christmas and/or New Year?
#42Bake a cake or some cookies, find your next fire/police station and bring it to them. It will brighten up their day.
Pick the fire station to dramatically reduce the chances of being shot accidentally.
Re: Ask HN: What are the single person activities in Christmas and/or New Year?
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Awesome! You mean, you stream your programming. I've been wondering for years whether I should give it a try. Is it also helpful, or just fun to kill time?
Ive also wondered about this but it seems so intimidating to code in front of strangers
idea: next time you get asked to do leetcode, tell them they can join your livestream where you work on your own project.
Re: Ask HN: What are the single person activities in Christmas and/or New Year?
#44Powder skiing. No friends on a powder day. 1.4 m of fresh and -29 Celsius. Heated boots, snorkel system, heated vest, down coat and pants.
Yeah, that sounds exactly like something that would generalize to a big city.
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#45I just got back from picking up litter, though I do it every other day too. People keep picking up the habit, so it's spreading. I've been on TV twice for plogging too.
Everyone thinks it will be dirty and ineffective, but then finds it oddly satisfying.
Re: Ask HN: What are the single person activities in Christmas and/or New Year?
#46Go watch a movie, or at least this is something I would do before COVID. I haven't been since COVID started. The Coen brother The Tragedy of Macbeth is now showing.
Coen singular, in this case.
Re: Ask HN: What are the single person activities in Christmas and/or New Year?
#47Just do what you usually do, I mostly just wake up everyday and decide what I want to do at any moment, and just do that.
But if you want to make your christmas/new year special, I'd say go someplace in your city where they conduct plays/actings, usually they are pretty fun to watch alone.
I'm going to one on 31st December too :D
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#48In most big cities there will be an underground trance or techno rave that goes on much longer than usual on New Year's Eve. Perhaps try one of those. No-one will care if you are there on your own and you will probably meet some great people.
I've been trying to get into the rave scene recently and I've found it a bit hard to find "underground" events as somebody not so socially adept.. Got any tips?
Go to bars that play techno / house. Meet people. Add bars and people on Instagram. Add djs from bars on instagram. Ask for recommendations for other places. It took me about a year to break into the underground. Most important part is to meet people at events. Be a fun person, non-needy
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#49I just got back from picking up litter, though I do it every other day too. People keep picking up the habit, so it's spreading. I've been on TV twice for plogging too. Everyone thinks it will be dirty and ineffective, but then finds it oddly satisfying.
People keep picking up the habit? If that was intentional, nicely done.
And even if the pun wasn't intentional, good on you for picking up...
Re: Ask HN: What are the single person activities in Christmas and/or New Year?
#50Powder skiing. No friends on a powder day. 1.4 m of fresh and -29 Celsius. Heated boots, snorkel system, heated vest, down coat and pants.
Where do you get heated gear?
Search heated vests on Amazon, get the ones that run off of USB charging packs.
For feet, you can do the single use toe packs or get the toe plate warmer that runs off of a lithium ion pack. These are the best: https://www.thewarmingstore.com/therm-ic-c-pack-1700-bluetoo...
A product called boot glove works extremely well too. This is a neoprene (wetsuit material) cover that goes around the boot. I use this as well as the heated toe plate.
For hands, you want a warm mitt that will stop wind and give a lot of insulation. Then add the single use hot pack.
The hardest part is the face. You don't want any exposed skin, so a face mask is what is needed. Goggle fog becomes a problem so a snorkel that expels air away from your face works well if you get used to it. You also don't inhale powder snow which is hard to deal with when it's that deep. I still carry a spare pair of goggles just in case.
The trick is to not sweat too much. Regulating your heat with a warm hood and the heated vest that you can adjust helps.
Nobody really skis when it's this cold out except for a small amount of nut cases. So you get the mountain to yourself and run after run of untracked turns. It happens every three years or so where you get this big a storm along with the cold temps.