Ask HN: What are your non-tech hobbies? • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by tluyben2 » Mon, Sep 06, 2021, 4:44 PM UTC

Reading, writing, hiking, cooking, weights, socialising/talking.

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

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Post by the-mitr » Mon, Sep 06, 2021, 4:46 PM UTC

- Collecting physical books - Trying out new recipes - Trekking

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

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Post by markus_zhang » Mon, Sep 06, 2021, 4:51 PM UTC

I'm trying to get start with fossil collecting. Still in pretty early stage as I don't recognize most of the rocks out there. But at least it's good for health.

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

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Post by jstx1 » Mon, Sep 06, 2021, 4:52 PM UTC

This is how I realise that I need to fill my spare time with something other than youtube/reddit/HN.

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

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Post by Tolexx » Mon, Sep 06, 2021, 5:00 PM UTC

I love playing video games a lot. So I have a good PS4 console for playing fifa as I'm a football fan

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

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Post by rdevsrex » Mon, Sep 06, 2021, 5:08 PM UTC

I love doing things I can do with my daughter, Minecraft, reading series like Wings of Fire, but for myself I think and write about philosophy, and very seldom listen to music while high.

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

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Post by stevekemp » Mon, Sep 06, 2021, 5:17 PM UTC

* Knitting hats for newborn babies.

* Photography. I used to shoot escorts, for their websites, but these days I just shoot random volunteers for fun.

* Collecting watches.

* Going to pottery-classes. I'm terrible, but it doesn't matter.

* Baking bread.

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

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Post by burntoutfire » Mon, Sep 06, 2021, 5:23 PM UTC

tluyben2 wrote: post #50

peanut_worm wrote: post #48

Birdwatching and Hiking mostly Birdwatching is a very rich hobby I’d recommend it to anyone.

We plant a lot of new/different trees in our garden every year to attract more and different birds; it works. And then watch them.

Do specific bird species have preferences for tree species?

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

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Post by Maven911 » Mon, Sep 06, 2021, 5:26 PM UTC

Findeton wrote: post #27

Investing. Uranium and precious metals equities. 80% uranium.

Hey I have a similar interest. Any future recommendations and do you also target companies involved with rare earth metals?

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

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Post by news_to_me » Mon, Sep 06, 2021, 5:41 PM UTC

I love seeing everyone else’s hobbies. It’s important to be well-rounded.

Somewhat tech-related, I like building and repairing electronics and vintage mechanical things (Singer sewing machine, old door latches, old Macintosh; you get the idea).

Bike maintenance is deeply satisfying. Especially when you go camping on a bike you’ve completely overhauled.

Listening to and playing music are important to me in ways that are difficult to describe.

And not really a hobby, but just meeting new people and neighbors and listening to them (especially people not in tech) is very rewarding.