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Re: Ask HN: What hobbies do you pursue in your free time

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Post by jasonkester »

mrfusion wrote: post #6
vuciv1 wrote: post #4

Right now it's bouldering. It's been very fun, and I get full workouts without even realizing that I'm exercising

How often do you fall? There’s that huge mat under you but the thought of falling 20 feet still freaks me out. How do you get past that?

All the time. Dozens of times every time you go out. It’s not a big deal in any way.

Mostly because somebody has given you an exaggerated sense of how tall most problems are and how high the crux moves are. Most falls are a few feet onto flat ground.

Tall boulders make for good photos. But that’s not where you spend most of your time.

Re: Ask HN: What hobbies do you pursue in your free time

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Post by mraza007 »

thejenk wrote: post #10
mrfusion wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How often do you fall? There’s that huge mat under you but the thought of falling 20 feet still freaks me out. How do you get past that?

I took up bouldering around 2 years ago, despite my fear of heights. I've managed it by sticking exclusively to gyms, and staying well within my limits. What also helps is the gym I started at had a safety orientation that all climbers had to go through before they'd be allowed on the walls. The most important part of this was how to fall correctly. The gym I frequent also has a great variety of route difficulties an…

Hey that sounds fun I’m just curious to know if bouldering is same as rock climbing

Re: Ask HN: What hobbies do you pursue in your free time

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Post by mraza007 »

frompdx wrote: post #9

I have a variety of hobbies. Maybe to many. I like to rotate hobbies to keep things interesting. My hobbies usually interest and complement each other in various ways. - Film photography. Photography is probably the first hobby I picked up. I have a variety of older film cameras in 35mm and medium format. Planning to convert an extra room in my basement into a darkroom in the near future. - Blogging. I have been runn…

Really interesting hobbies man.

Honestly i picked up photography by taking a class and it really sparked my interest in photography and then I went onto do light paint photography and I loved every bit of it. Light paint photography allows you to be really creative as you are basically using the light to paint the picture.

Furthermore I also do blogging but got burned out now I’m trying to get back into blogging

I also tinker with my laptop such as trying out different linux distros or building out tools or even learning about linux internals and commandline tools

For physical activities I usually go out for a run but it’s too cold where I live now and I’m also exploring about golf

Anyways I would love to see your photography work if you have published online

Re: Ask HN: What hobbies do you pursue in your free time

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Post by tracer4201 »

Reading, learning, and sometimes video games.

In the last few years, I’ve realized my love for reading and learning.

I was spending a lot of time on Reddit, HN, and other news sites. It actually led me to discover that while these sites can be enjoyable in moderation, I can also just read books.

I mostly read non fiction - topics in human psychology, history, biographies, and also technical books.

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Post by enchiridion »

bavell wrote: post #7

Playing guitar, it's a great creative outlet when I'm tired of staring at screens. I've been playing for ~15 years but I don't really consider myself a musician - I mostly play for fun and don't bother trying to learn specific songs most of the time. My favorite thing to do is put on a playlist of good music and play along to it, trying to find the key and then playing around with different scales. There's a great YT…

A looper pedal is a game changer!

Re: Ask HN: What hobbies do you pursue in your free time

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Post by rivertijg »

I like working on small visuals related to financial independence and personal finance. I use Tableau and other data visualization tools and libraries at work so this gives me the opportunity to experiment a bit more with new tools and get insight in a topic I care about.

https://www.thriftythoughts.io/

Re: Ask HN: What hobbies do you pursue in your free time

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Post by mraza007 »

tracer4201 wrote: post #14

Reading, learning, and sometimes video games. In the last few years, I’ve realized my love for reading and learning. I was spending a lot of time on Reddit, HN, and other news sites. It actually led me to discover that while these sites can be enjoyable in moderation, I can also just read books. I mostly read non fiction - topics in human psychology, history, biographies, and also technical books.

Oh that’s nice What subreddits do you mostly spend time on

Re: Ask HN: What hobbies do you pursue in your free time

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Post by ryanchants »

I've dabbled in each of these over the last few years, but COVID has shutdown some studios and cut back on how much:

weaving: I have a rigid heddle loom, and I've considered building a pvc loom. I'd also like to play around with tapestry weaving

generative art/creative coding: Processing/p5js, primarily around plotter art

metalsmithing: Did a class focusing on jewelry, but I'd like to dabble a little more in small sculpture pieces, especially incorporating the weaving

sewing: Mainly made shirts, want to explore adjustments to my own clothes as well

lifting: currently running a hypertrophy program. Probably do more conditioning/cross-modality training next spring

Looking to explore:

I'd like to pick up arduino for some interactive sculpture pieces

Lasercutting/cnc routing, once again to tie into some mixed-media sculpture work

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