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Post by rikschennink »

kevin_vanilla wrote: post #371
rikschennink wrote: post #262

Hi! What a fantastic post, a good day to you too. I recently found out my bone density isn’t great. Never broke a bone in my life but the doctor advises to start an activity that impacts bones. I’m not a sports person but last Thursday I went to a boulder gym. I was already coming up with excuses not to go, but decided to hop in the car and just do it, which felt like quite the power move. I’ve never been “in shape”…

Congratulations! I can't speak to bone density, but if you stick with it, you'll see big improvements throughout your life: better mood, better sleep, more focus, meeting new people... Best of luck on your journey!

Thanks! Going to give it my all.

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Post by thinkingemote »

seibelj wrote: post #7

I’m passionate about Bitcoin, Ethereum, Catholicism, the destruction of the state, the lowering of taxes, the betterment of society on individualistic terms, the rise of private schools and the death of public indoctrination. The future is truth and the ruination of government lies. And every day I see more evidence that the socialist order is decaying.

How do you think about individualism, tech and Christianity? There's a difference between an individual and a person with Catholicism I think, and the individualistic approach to life I have heard goes hand in hand with pride, going it alone, rejecting God, others, and ones whole personhood. We live in relation to others.

Another thing we hear is that the modern world is in it's troublesome state because of the individualistic "me-first" selfish view of life. The rejection of Church is because people think they can have all the answers in themselves as an isolated individual for example.

Collectivism / socialism is the opposite to individualism and that's also a mistake obviously - so there's a middle ground which is more social but also respectful of each persons personhood.

I mean, have you thought about this deeply? Its something I've been pondering about - I can see it's right there in these new technologies.

Maybe there's a way to be actually social with the new tech? (where the old "social media" of the past drived us apart.) I don't see it though, just people going it alone more.

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Post by biztos »

js2 wrote: post #79

I’m sick and tired of paying soda stream. Mostly on principle. My wife really likes her carbonated water though. So much so she’s green lit a kegerator for the sole purpose of housing a 5 gallon corny keg of carbonated water! Carbonated water on tap. Even better, I can plumb it into the fresh water line so it’s continuous! Infinite soda water on tap… till the co2 tank runs out anyway. I’m sure this is all old school…

This is very common in Hungary, just FYI!

Especially in the countryside. The main use-case is for creating fröccs aka spritzers.

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Post by panosfilianos »

dev_throw wrote: post #68

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.

Lots of incredible innovation on cancer. New, revolutionary drugs every year or two. Hang in there. This is not a death sentence. Just the best chance to change our lives for the better. You will get through this!

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Post by panosfilianos »

ihateolives wrote: post #374
eslaught wrote: post #51

I spent my morning working on a science fiction novel. (I won't post more here, but you can find it through my profile if you're interested.) Are there any other writers in the house? On a completely unrelated topic, one of my earliest "internet" memories was wandering into open source communities and trying to figure out this CVS thing and connecting it to GNU Savannah so that I could download some code. Those were…

In my free time I'm writing short stories, once I have enough I'm going to publish a collection. I'm fairly certain I can get it published, I already have a book out with good reception so I'm feeling confident but who knows.

What was the route you followed to get published?

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

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Post by thinkingemote »

Markoff wrote: post #229

What's up recently with all these pubescent posts - what's your age/hobby/dick size, etc? What's the goal of this post? Yeah we know comments on this site have decent quality (if you don't express opinion against HN hive, which is usually aligned with The Current Thing, but they try to be less extreme about promoting it, but anonymously they will kill you with downvotes), but even if you find 2-3 people who share you…

Your comment reads at a really good try at trolling about trolling!

It's a lost artform. It's a shame people don't recognise it anymore. Myself included.

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Post by daretorant »

bogdan0s wrote: post #398
daretorant wrote: post #394

Fables. For the past year or so I’ve been writing a book of fables. I originally began the effort inspired by the book The Little Prince. Over time, I’ve begun reading book after book of fables. I love finding different ones—from the classics like Aesop to Buddhist koans, Persian, Indian, Chinese, Arabian fables. The format is just so fun and I think the philosophical lessons can be really powerful. I think of it as…

That's cool, I've been thinking to write some fabels as well (although I'm not good at writing)! I enjoy how such tales can be simple and deep at the same time. If you ever get to complete it I'd love to check it out

Nice! Give it a shot, you never know what might come of it :) I had been writing nonfiction essays when one day a story idea came and I shared it, got some good feedback, then just kept going with it.

They are not easy to write, but the key to the fable is the lesson, so I’m sure if you took one or two you wanted to share you could turn them into a story. Either way, you have some fun with it!

And thanks, I’m approaching the “last mile” with the book after many months of editing (working w an editor). I’m illustrating them too. If you like you can follow along via my newsletter, I share updates there: https://salman.io/newsletter

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Post by mathoff »

sideproject wrote: post #154

I'm... kinda super pedantic about.. names. So I love domain names. I spent hours and hours on my kids' names. I'm crazy when it comes to naming things like how to make good variable names and I could argue endlessly about names. I love witty names. I love word plays. Anyone like that out there? :) I've also made a tool called Newsy to make good use out of all my domain names that I am not using. https://newsy.co

I like it. However: pricing. If you trust that it will work you would offer a transparent income sharing, for example 1/3 for you 2/3 for me with a credible income UI would be an acceptable offer.

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Post by andersonmvd »

M4v3R wrote: post #407
andersonmvd wrote: post #391

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another FF fan hehe. Btw if you still play, FF14 online is a banger to enjoy some nostalgia. I'm having a great time at least :) About working, well Square Enix is always hiring, but you need to speak japanese. Their offices are in Tokyo if I am not mistaken.

I doubt I could learn to speak Japanese at this point, nor could I relocate because we already built a house and have a 1.5yo baby so options are limited :). Plus I was thinking about something smaller, not really an AAA studio because from what we here often working for these studios is a constant crunch, and that’s not what I’m really after. I tried the free trial of FF14 and I enjoyed it briefly some time ago, but…

I see. You definitely could learn japanese ... if you want to. If you don't want it's another story xD. In any case, about FF14, trial works still (I had no problems) and I recommend this client for Mac https://github.com/marzent/XIV-on-Mac - which is better than the official hehe.
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