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Re: Ask HN: What are your hobbies?

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Post by kataklasm »

kcindric wrote: post #38
kataklasm wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just like user f0e4c2f7 said in the sibling comment, I'd advise you to check out hardware synthesizers if you are looking to create electronic music without being in front of a monitor. Maybe take a look at Teenage Engineering's Pocket Operator line, a bunch of synthesizers in pocket calculator size. They are extremely limited but if you know how to work them they can create suprisingly complex tunes ranging from hip…

I'm not powersnail but I'm the OP - I tried going the DAWless route and bought myself a synth and a drum machine/sequencer Digitakt. Generally I enjoyed the process but I still feel it's too much of a programming approach to creating music which made me feel fatigued too fast (after a workday). I'm genuinely happy playing an 'analaog' instrument like a guitar without an aim to creating something, just fiddling around…

Totally understand your viewpoint, sometimes I do feel the same way. It tends to feel a lot like programming because in a sense, it is. It can feel very deterministic and absolute, especially when you are fatigued and stressed out from work/studies. Sometimes you have to take a step back and reconsider what is possible. If handled the 'right' way (there is no right way, just what sounds good to the creator) you can create some quite unexpected stuff, almost feeling like you are distancing yourself from the absolute, deterministic and hard-edged nature of it.

Re: Ask HN: What are your hobbies?

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Post by jsnodlin »

cliffwarden wrote: post #37

My hobby is hobbies! I'm notorious for picking up new hobbies all the time. For me the enjoyment is diving into something as a beginner and building up a basic mastery. Normally, at that point it get a little bored and move on. Granted, i do not feel like a master of anything i pick up, but i feel like i have a grasp of the basics and enough to more fully enjoy the topic. For example when i was really into photograph…

What exact welding machine would you recommend for someone that has never done it before but wants to build a significant structures (a greenhouse, bunk bed, work table etc.)? What YouTube channel or books/other resources do you recommend?

Re: Ask HN: What are your hobbies?

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Post by jsnodlin »

cliffwarden wrote: post #37

My hobby is hobbies! I'm notorious for picking up new hobbies all the time. For me the enjoyment is diving into something as a beginner and building up a basic mastery. Normally, at that point it get a little bored and move on. Granted, i do not feel like a master of anything i pick up, but i feel like i have a grasp of the basics and enough to more fully enjoy the topic. For example when i was really into photograph…

I have a lathe and CNC machine and want to make a clock from scratch out of brass. Do you have a specific design you can recommend? What additional items do I need (I assume an indexing wheel for the gears)? I know of clickspring, was looking for something a little bit simpler.

Re: Ask HN: What are your hobbies?

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Post by steve_gh »

Outdoor sports. Rock climbing (from climbing and bouldering walls through to alpinism on 4000m peaks), ski-ing (prefer touring or cross country to piste), and trail running (less now than previously, although I went through a phase of running ultras).

Day job: Technical director in the data science group of an infrastructure management company

Re: Ask HN: What are your hobbies?

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Post by AdamJacobMuller »

cliffwarden wrote: post #37

My hobby is hobbies! I'm notorious for picking up new hobbies all the time. For me the enjoyment is diving into something as a beginner and building up a basic mastery. Normally, at that point it get a little bored and move on. Granted, i do not feel like a master of anything i pick up, but i feel like i have a grasp of the basics and enough to more fully enjoy the topic. For example when i was really into photograph…

Same!

> homebrew

> making bread

> lock picking

> photography

> every programming language ever

> wood working

Never really done knitting, and oddly i'm not a huge fan of electronics work (I seem to burn myself every time I pick up a soldering iron) but I've done each of these to varying levels!

Started brewing Kombucha as well in the past year or so, that was something fun to brew which I can drink a lot more of than I do with homebrew beer since I don't drink that much anymore.

Re: Ask HN: What are your hobbies?

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Post by tluyben2 »

Reading, writing, studying, programming (my work is programmer but it has been my hobby as well for the past 40 years almost), hiking, weights, cooking, doing nothing (very hard to do which is why it deserves a place), chatting (online and in meatspace).
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