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Re: Ask HN: What are your (non-hn-related) hobbies?

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Post by blasdel »

ax0n wrote: post #50
Sidnicious wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Man, 256 lumens ought to be enough for anybody.

I had a DiNotte 200L (200 Lumens) and it barely cut it. I mean, the optics might have something to do with it... throwing photon from hither to yon without a really good focused area on the road. I'd outrun my light (going too fast to stop in time for a hazard exposed by my light) at maybe 12 MPH on a clear night on the dark backroads. I can see maybe 500-600 lumens being sufficient, but 256 doesn't seem like enough…

You're right -- the optics are everything. The flashlight fetishists love round symmetrical beams, which is exactly what you don't want in a headlight.

You want to focus almost all of the light at the horizon, with some spill below and a sharp cutoff above. Anything else is wasted. See: http://peterwhitecycles.com/plight.asp

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Post by tricky »

mattmichielsen wrote: post #24

Brewing beer and working on sub-$1000 BMWs and Porsches.

I'm putting together an '88 924S for DE right now. The fuel pump went out on my $1400 e36 today at lunch. I'll fix it in the parking garage after work. I guess that means my hobbies include wrenching on german junk, playing synth rock twee core, snowboarding, running, and writing.

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Post by nradov »

mcantor wrote: post #51

I highly recommend fencing. It's a spectacular workout, and the three different weapons provide unique experiences, one of which will certainly cater to your intellect or personality. Foil is highly strategic, épée is much less rules-oriented and the most like a "real" duel of the three, and sabre is extremely fast-paced. The only downside is that competing can get expensive, but the exposure to so many different fen…

I fenced in school and enjoyed it, but as for being a workout I was always bothered by how it's so asymmetrical. I'm right handed and so it didn't work my left arm nearly as much.

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Post by teuobk »

Ice hockey. (Hey, I'm a Minnesotan!) Besides that, I like baking, photography (especially sports photography), cycling, and making a really good cup of tea. Sailing was great when I lived in California, and snowboarding will be fun once there's some snow on the ground.
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