Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by ya1sec » Sun, Nov 06, 2022, 5:29 AM UTC

klyrs wrote: post #29

ya1sec wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

> Are you passionate about pedantry? Yes I am and I am glad you noticed! I also like helping people follow the site guidelines; posts generally fare better when they do. Sometimes people call me a stick in the mud. Which is fine. Without the stick, the mud might fly off. You don't want mud flying around, do you?

Salute. But we can haz a little cuteness here

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

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Post by rakejake » Sun, Nov 06, 2022, 5:29 AM UTC

Subsentient wrote: post #26

Sometimes, I think about what I really want. What I want most in the universe, for myself. There's plenty I want for everyone else. I seldom let myself think about what would be good for me lately. Sometimes, like tonight, I do know what I want for myself. It's impossible, but it's my greatest desire for my life. I want to be "uplifted". I want my brain capacity to be expanded by orders of magnitude. I want to unders…

I oscillate between this (having an expanded brain capacity) and the exact opposite (a more limited brain capacity, the ability to take things one at a time, be eternally optimistic, not have your mind race all the time, sleep instantly when you lie down).

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

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Post by defrost » Sun, Nov 06, 2022, 5:29 AM UTC

nynx wrote: post #5

Hello from Seattle! I’m here for the fall working on flight software for literal internet satellites and having the time of my life. Hope you’re enjoying life as much as I am!

Out of interest roughly how much "flight capacity" (self motion ability post orbit injection) do literal internet satellites have?

Are we talking small gas thrusts, magnetorquer's, etc?

If it's mag torque, how much GMF modelling is involved?

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

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Post by TedDoesntTalk » Sun, Nov 06, 2022, 5:29 AM UTC

shimonabi wrote: post #19

When I uploaded my first website in 1998 I got quite a few comments in the guestbook, even when there was really no interesting content there. Now I upload carefully produced and edited videos and I get no response.

Assuming the content is still interesting…. It’s because everyone is on the web now. It’s not sma limited club anymore. So there is much more noise.

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

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Post by blinding-streak » Sun, Nov 06, 2022, 5:29 AM UTC

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 fucks up your life.

I successfully made it through tonight and will hopefully have many more successful nights. Love and strength to anyone else out there in a similar boat.

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

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Post by ElFitz » Sun, Nov 06, 2022, 5:30 AM UTC

ptttt wrote: post #28

ge96 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hello

Goodbye

The Beatles are back!

Joking aside, the Beatles may almost be like xkcd. In that they just might have a song for most if not all of the most basic human interactions and emotions.

Here, "Hello, Goodbye".

You say, "Yes", I say, "No" You say, "Stop" and I say, "Go, go, go" Oh no

You say, "Goodbye" and I say, "Hello, hello, hello" I don't know why you say, "Goodbye", I say, "Hello, hello, hello" I don't know why you say, "Goodbye", I say, "Hello"

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

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Post by usrbinbash » Sun, Nov 06, 2022, 5:30 AM UTC

Hello from another surprisingly-real-but-currently-text-based being.

I share your sentiment about the earlier stages of the internet. Even though there already were several million users worldwide when I came of the age to explore technology, it still had the feeling of a close-knit community of enthusiasts and experts.

Good times :-)

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

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Post by tomcam » Sun, Nov 06, 2022, 5:30 AM UTC

Pissing blood and on pain meds here in Seattle, and loving your post. HN is by far my favorite site. Every once in a while we get something out of left field like this for a bonus. Oh, and I’m cobbling together a tech publishing product when I can think straight.

Thank you, stranger-yet-not-stranger!

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

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Post by silisili » Sun, Nov 06, 2022, 5:30 AM UTC

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.

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

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Post by pclmulqdq » Sun, Nov 06, 2022, 5:30 AM UTC

Hello from New England, USA.

I'm currently working on trying to get my first customer. Sales doesn't come naturally to me, so I am trying to figure it out. The great thing is that I have a product that I am really passionate about (I fell into that trap, but I think there's a market) - a cloud-based true random number generator that can replace a quantum RNG.

I also just recently got back from the piano where I played a Bach Partita. I think playing Bach is a bit of a quasi-religious experience for me - I just shared an experience of sublime beauty with 337 years worth of people.

Have a good night or day.