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Re: Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by elevensies »

abakker wrote: post #31
jagger27 wrote: post #7

Queue up a handful (maybe an hour or two) of YouTube videos from my subscription box. Not that it's all that different from the typical "flop on couch and veg in from of the boobtube until you pass out" but if you have a diverse subbox you almost never run out of stimulating, fresh content that does more for you than typical Netflix-style content would. Here are some of my favourites: - AvE: https://www.youtube.com/c…

I think we might be the same person...but, you need to add "this old Tony"

Along the same lines (machining), Clickspring is my favorite: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA (channel link)

Edit: Here is a particular video I liked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6xovvpuMQo&list=PLZioPDnFPN...

Re: Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by rochak »

roryisok wrote: post #5

End of the day for me is when the kids are in bed, chores done, usually around 8pm. I sit on the couch with my wife, we put something on tv and I code. The code sucks, I'm not some kind of uber programmer, but I find it relaxing, bizarrely. Maybe its the lack of pressure to turn in something workable and on time My productivity varies with what's on. If its something good like westworld or GoT I shut the laptop. If i…

+1 for Westworld. Legion is awesome too.

Re: Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by mrfusion »

iLoch wrote: post #16

I just bought an Ableton Push. I plan on cracking open a beer and learning to use it after work. I figure if I'm going to entertain myself I might as well be learning too. I find making music to be both engaging and relaxing.

Wow that looks fun. Do you need prior experience to use something like that? I would t know where to start.

Re: Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by i_don_t_know »

I go running. And I literally mean "go". I don't drive. I run from/to my doorstep. I don't listen to music/podcasts/etc. I don't think about anything in particular. Mostly I daydream. I don't schedule anything for after the run. No pressure to be done by a certain time. No pressure having to get ready for something else. I don't watch tv. I'm staring at a screen for eight hours every day, I don't want to stare at a screen in my spare time as well.

Re: Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by 7952 »

samstave wrote: post #51
grecy wrote: post #4

I know it sounds nuts, but I always found changing clothes made a huge difference for me. Get home and put on a pair of shorts, t-shirt and flip flops, or at least something you would never, ever wear to work. It always made some kind of mental shift in my head.

Here is my crazy idea that I want YC to fund: a Sock Printer. I want to come home and have a brand new pair of socks printed (woven) for me by a bot... I looked around on the internet for "sock machine" and its derivatives - but the best I could find was one machine that was super industrial. Nothing feels better than the first time you put on a brand new pair of socks. SockPrinter.com!

It could be nice to have such printers make things really slowly. So it is like watching a plant grow.

Re: Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by roryisok »

thesmallestcat wrote: post #88
roryisok wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Replying to my own comment. Ok lets face it, we all waste our time, and that is essentially what this thread is about. Most pastimes can be made to sound silly, and just because I don't share your interests doesn't mean they're less valid than my own. I code apps nobody will ever use, write books that will never be published, and I have watched 11 and a half seasons of supernatural. And I'm sitting here commenting on…

I take serious issue with you acting like some authority on what is or isn't a waste of time. It's arrogant and destructive, to yourself and others.

I did take it back

Re: Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by roryisok »

rochak wrote: post #102
roryisok wrote: post #5

End of the day for me is when the kids are in bed, chores done, usually around 8pm. I sit on the couch with my wife, we put something on tv and I code. The code sucks, I'm not some kind of uber programmer, but I find it relaxing, bizarrely. Maybe its the lack of pressure to turn in something workable and on time My productivity varies with what's on. If its something good like westworld or GoT I shut the laptop. If i…

+1 for Westworld. Legion is awesome too.

YES!! Very good show

Re: Ask HN: How do you unwind at the end of a day?

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Post by roryisok »

mod wrote: post #95
roryisok wrote: post #5

End of the day for me is when the kids are in bed, chores done, usually around 8pm. I sit on the couch with my wife, we put something on tv and I code. The code sucks, I'm not some kind of uber programmer, but I find it relaxing, bizarrely. Maybe its the lack of pressure to turn in something workable and on time My productivity varies with what's on. If its something good like westworld or GoT I shut the laptop. If i…

My girlfriend just finished the last of the EIGHT seasons of that terrible show. I'm glad it's over, but I'm also afraid of what she'll pick next. Westworld is on my to-watch list, though.

there's a spin off called the originals which is even worse, currently suffering through that. and then something called riverdale.
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