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Ask HN: What are your non-tech hobbies?

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Re: Ask HN: What are your non-tech hobbies?

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Post by Raed667 »

- Running: Great way to get clarity of mind can be done during the lunch break. Bonus, you get fit.

- Hiking: Great way to disconnect from the busy city, see amazing places, get some blood flowing and have a bit of adventure. Bonus, you get fit.

- Gym: You get fit. Bonus, you meet people from around your neighborhood.

Re: Ask HN: What are your non-tech hobbies?

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Post by mrfusion »

Pickleball is amazing! Give it a try. Everything you didn’t like about tennis is gone and it’s got a smooth learning curve so you can start having fun right away while still taking years to master.

In a lot of areas you can probably find a beginners night and get some quick instruction and play some games.

Also 3d printing is really fun.

Re: Ask HN: What are your non-tech hobbies?

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Post by mindcrime »

- Mountain biking (albeit this is on pause right now, as I sprained my right shoulder about 3 weeks ago in a pretty gnarly MTB crash)

- Road cycling (I don't do as much of this and it originally started out just as cross-training for MTB, but I do enjoy a certain amount of road cycling for its own sake)

- BMX (this is where it all started for me. I don't ride BMX much these days, but I keep a bike or two around in case the urge hits)

- Fishing (mostly freshwater, mostly targeting largemouth bass, but sometimes I'll target catfish or crappie or something)

- Trail running

- Bushcraft / camping / etc

- Reading (in terms of fiction I read a lot of sci-fi, fantasy, thrillers, spy/espionage stuff, and horror. Non-fiction, aside from tech stuff, I like reading philosophy, history, biographies, pop science (is that too close to tech?) and business stuff (again, is that too close to tech?)

- Shooting (I don't get to the range much these days, but it's something I used to do a lot more of when I lived out in the sticks and had a place where I could shoot on our family's property)

- Tinkering with old cars (this is another somewhat neglected hobby these days, just due to various constraints. But one day I hope to get back to more of it)

- I used to spend some time involved in wrestling/jiu-jitsu and other related pursuits but age and too many injuries (mostly from mountain biking, see above) have caught up with me and I've been away from that stuff for a while. The urge is sometimes still present, but pragmatically speaking, it's not really a realistic pursuit for me anymore)

Re: Ask HN: What are your non-tech hobbies?

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Post by mrfusion »

nsf39k wrote: post #19

I don’t enjoy distance running but I still push myself to do it. Fitness reasons and it helps vent some frustration after a bad day. Writing short stories. Reading a short story by Clarke as a kid is what set me towards science and tech in the first place. I don’t like showing them to people I know and usually just prefer to put them up somewhere online completely anonymously. Fishing’s great, if you can find somewhe…

What’s a small sail boat you’d recommend? Can it be low maintenance?

Re: Ask HN: What are your non-tech hobbies?

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Post by dangrossman »

I got into crafting with a laser cutter and some printing equipment. After decades of only making things on screens with code, making things you can hold and see in customers' homes is a nice change.

I sell some of it here: https://ligninandlight.com/

I've run into many former developers, that I know from here and other forums, on Glowforge owner groups -- https://glowforge.us/r/GMSCZQGJ

Re: Ask HN: What are your non-tech hobbies?

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Post by vyrotek »

Playing video games with my kids. 7 Days to Die, Diablo, Valheim.

Boardgames with friends. Building a boardgame table this weekend from an old dinning table.

Dabble with game dev in Unity. Currently playing around with some VR stuff.

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