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

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Post by bckr » Fri, Nov 18, 2022, 5:38 PM UTC

LinasKo wrote: post #288

So, here's the thing - there's a secret world of sports and odd activities that, I feel, only a select few know about, that are both more fun, cheaper, and more beginner friendly than mainstream stuff. I found, a while back, that things like Lightsaber Fencing, Megagames (board games with 60+ people), dodgeball, Historical Fencing, Ultimate Frisbee, Apenkooi (tag, dodgball, minigames in the Netherlands), etc - I foun…

I love this concept. It seems closely related to an idea I had: "IRL Adventure Club". Will check you out.

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

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Post by bckr » Fri, Nov 18, 2022, 5:40 PM UTC

tunesmith wrote: post #127

I'm playing with remedial graph theory and geometric sums. It's for a silly hobby, helping my friends and I write branching fiction novels together. (It's like choose-your-own-adventure but literary, not second-person.) Each chapter has x choices at the end - usually 1 or 2, sometimes more, 0 for conclusions. Threads can merge. Moderators have a desired average thread length. Chapters have an average word count. And…

I'd love to hear more and read the result.

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

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Post by HellDunkel » Fri, Nov 18, 2022, 8:04 PM UTC

bckr wrote: post #770

HellDunkel wrote: post #376

For me it’s Werner Herzogs Movies. Techno music history and culture. Waiting for Breath of the Wild 2. Visual Design. Unreal Engine. Photogrammetry. Drawing with my kids. This may appear a bit „all over the place“ but i dug quite deep into the things above except for Werner Herzog as it takes some effort to convince my wife watching the movies.

I'm also looking forward to TOTK. Would love to chat about techno music history. I only have a faint outline knowledge and would gladly accept a brain dump.

sure- dropped you a mail!

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

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Post by stevage » Sat, Nov 19, 2022, 2:36 AM UTC

djur wrote: post #325

stevage wrote: post #236

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What makes you say that piano can't be taught over Zoom? I know a few music teachers that teach instruments remotely - though not piano, I'm not sure why that would be different?

I don't play the piano myself, but my understanding is that effective teaching requires constant feedback (including, possibly, physical correction) on both your posture and your hand positions/motions in a way that really requires the teacher to be present in the same room. I've heard this both from piano players and teachers.

No idea. I do play piano, but it was such a long time ago that I got lessons, it's hard to remember what was taught. I think whatever I was told about posture definitely didn't sink in though.