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Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?
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#512Mental health. I recently passed out in public and had to finally admit to myself that I’m severely burnt out. I had ignored the signs and mentally written off the concept of burnout as a bit of a wishy-washy mostly “emotional” concept and not as the very real psychological AND physiological condition that doesn’t just go away if you get a good nights sleep and a day off. It was emotional to actually read up on it an…
Created HealingGardens.co after such an episode myself. If you want to chat just DM me
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#513Board game design, but specifically solo and 2-player co-op games that have a small footprint, small board states, and are easy to play. I've been looking for offline hobbies and recently got into solo board gaming, on top of playing games with my wife a couple of times a month. I work in gamesdev and I want to retain a creative outlet in the direction of gaming, because I just really enjoy it, but I also want to sto…
never heard of solo board games before, is it possible?
Of course, who doesn't like playing with themself?
Seriously, though, there's a wealth of games for solo players! Some are made specifically for soloability, some have solo modes, some are older titles that have had solo modes written for them in retrospect.
It's a very interesting little niche and I think there's a ton of room for growth in it. I'm excited to be part of it as a player and to hopefully push the envelope a little bit on what can be done!
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#514Gaza
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#515I'm obsessed with interfaces at the moment. How do humans interface with computers and data, from control to visual feedback. How humans interface with music, perform it, read it, store it. How do birds interface with tones and rhythm? How software interfaces with other software and hardware. How humans interface with the world via symbols. I've been reading about Semiotics a bit, and find the field fascinating. http…
For my masters I proposed that you could treat urban spaces as one giant interface (and that interface would appear different to different users). After stepping away from it for a while, I've gotten back into it. My main interest is information design for wayfinding, transit, and urban navigation. It's such a human problem and it's so fascinating. Though he never called it such, a lot of it intersects with Donald No…
I'm not OP, but I've been interested in something like this, but from the perspective of memory systems within oral cultures. I'd love to talk more!
I wonder if you know (and maybe have thoughts about) the arrangement of ancient Cusco, set up to be possible to navigate without any written directions (as the Inca effectively functioned without a writing system).
From Lynn Kelly's Memory Code:
> The Inca turned their major city, Cusco, into a massive memory space, the details of which were documented by the colonising Spanish. Radiating from the Coricancha temple in the centre were over 40 pilgrimage pathways known as ceques. The ceques divided the land into wedge-shaped political, agricultural and irrigation zones, each assigned to a specific kinship group. It is still unclear the degree to which the ceques were physical paths and how much they were purely imagined. To form a city-sized memory space, it does not matter as long as the pathways could be followed in the minds of the users.
I've been thinking about how memory intersects with navigation, and how both of these influence how we interpret the world.
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#516Small city council politics :( there's a lot of resistance against a new temporary housing project for Ukrainian refugees with many legit concerns, and some NIMBY, but also xenophobia and racism. It's tough but we've been able to start a YIMBY group and encouraging people and organisations to make public comments or send letters of support. A good few didn't dare because they feared reactions, and rightfully so, beca…
Is there a country closer to their homeland where they can be housed? It is unfortunate they have to be so far from home. Or better yet, can we just push for peace talks so they can stay home?
Peace talks with Putin lol, like any of that would work
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#517With the latest crypto rally, yield farm rates have skyrocketed. Getting 10 to 30% APY on stablecoins (i.e. no risk of loss in value as they are USD-matching coins). Making money hand over fist for clicking buttons.
Meh Madoff outperformed that
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#518Powerlifting. Solitary and meditative if you want it to be; social and uplifting if you don't. It's healthy in a variety of ways (including bone density; physical activity; higher BMR and glucose metabolism; improved cardiovascular function). Also being strong is useful surprisingly often. Unlike many things in life, your progress is almost entirely dependent on your consistency and the effort invested, with the exce…
For anyone looking to get started I highly recommend the StrongLifts program and the associated app, both free [1]. I neglected strength training for a long time because every time I tried to get started I would feel overwhelmed. Then I tried StrongLifts and loved the fact that it's just 5 exercises, but provides pretty much a full body strength workout. The guy who developed the program has put a ton of effort into…
The StrongLifts program, while still pretty good, is not for absolute beginners. The app and the website has videos and detailed instructions, but that doesn't replace a human coach being able to point out in real time mistakes in your form that you do not even realize. And if you are a beginner, any attempt to do these exercises will invariably contain so many mistakes that they are not worth doing any more.
Just find a human coach. An app is not a substitute.
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#519Math as prep for 3d game programming. I've been out of school a long time, and when I was there I didn't even get to the pre-calculus level. This year I've churned through all the introductory level texts from Art Of Problem Solving. Yes, they're written for high schoolers and you need to have some humility to admit you might be missing or have forgotten some fundamentals, but the lesson strucutre really appeals to m…
I am currently reading the introductory books of AOPS as I did not do well in high school math. I did not find the way my teacher taught math interesting because it didn't connect with real-world applications. The hardest thing I face as a 21-year-old going through the middle and high school math books is accepting that I lack the foundational knowledge and setting my ego aside. My plan is to learn calculus and linear algebra as a follow-up.
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#520Earlier quoted context omitted.
Everything from my socks Are you socks synthetic fiber? I am surprised they are not cotton. One way to think about plastic: Is there a reasonable alternative? For most plastic (food) wraps, the answer is (sadly): no. They are the best option to reduce food spoilage and only take a couple of grams of oil to make them. Plastic bottles for drinks? Most of them can be avoided by reducing your consumption, or reusing old…
Patagonia has a great article on plastics - wool socks on a polyester core create a drastically better and longer lasting sock than 99% cotton or wool. https://www.patagonia.com/why-plastics/
Article linked doesn't have anything to do with socks?