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Re: Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work?

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Post by plemer »

trbleclef wrote: post #24

Sounds like you are looking for your local community chorus! Often no experience required. The Choruses tab here[1] is a good place to start. This[2] may be a little outdated. Or just Google. [1] https://chorusamerica.org/member_directory [2] https://www.singers.com/lists/choral-groups/ a PSA from HN's lurking choral director

This might be the closest for me. Grew up in choirs and play multiple instruments. Would really love a gospel choir, if one would have me. Will poke around. Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work?

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Post by FourthProtocol »

Always had a thing for radio control, so eventually in 2015 or so I had a look online and discovered crawlers (1:10 scale replicas of 4x4/AWD/rock crawlers). There are quite a number available to purchase in ready to run form, and self-build kits.

Lost interest in the geeky side of mechanics and electronics - they're neccessary to buy, or make a body. Jeeps, Land Rovers and Toyotas seem to be favourites.

The thing I love about it is two-fold - first is building unique bodies never done before, using styrene. Second are the events, where you meet other RC geeks, see everyone else's builds, take part in comptetions (individual and team events). In France there's an annual event that runs a pretty sweet Camel Trophy event. SuperScale in Germany is amazing for having the longest 1:10 scale bridge seen in the hoppy. USTE (Ultimate Scale Truck Expo) in Florida USA holds the largest scale RC event I've attended/know of.

Axial Fest in the US is also a big deal in the calendar, but I've never been. They have a "float you rig" challenge which got me building rafts for my trucks. Herds of fun.

Some of my trucks and build progression at https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/Play/RcTrucks.aspx

I also get a kick out of building houses/bridges/and so on for events - some of those are here - https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/Play/RcBuildings.aspx

My most ambitious build took 5 years to (almost) complete - https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/Play/FordF5Coe.aspx

Re: Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work?

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Post by NickC25 »

I live in a very transient city with very little tech industry, which also happens to be a city where half the population leaves every April/May through October/November.

Community has been hard, especially meeting new folks. There have been a few community tech events that have come and gone, and I've been lucky enough to meet a few friends through that.

I joined a gym 4 years ago, and a lot of my friends now I've met through that gym.

Re: Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work?

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Post by abnercoimbre »

Take matter into your own hands. "Be the change you want to see" basically. For example I organize software meetups at a nice coffeehouse. It started out with like four people a year ago, and now we average ~25-30 each month, and growing. Consistency is key.

P.S. If you live in Seattle, and you're a software engineer, shoot me an email: abner at handmadecities dot com

Re: Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work?

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Post by sgt »

NickC25 wrote: post #53

I live in a very transient city with very little tech industry, which also happens to be a city where half the population leaves every April/May through October/November. Community has been hard, especially meeting new folks. There have been a few community tech events that have come and gone, and I've been lucky enough to meet a few friends through that. I joined a gym 4 years ago, and a lot of my friends now I've m…

I can't imagine anything worse than going to the gym. What do you do there? Walk on a treadmill like a mouse in a laboratory?

Also, you come back starving because you've burned calories, probably eating way more than you should due to being famished.

And it's also extremely boring. I've tried it once or twice, but I just can't handle it.

Genuinely interested in how some people manage to consistently keep going to the gym.

Re: Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work?

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Post by michaelrpeskin »

NickC25 wrote: post #53

I live in a very transient city with very little tech industry, which also happens to be a city where half the population leaves every April/May through October/November. Community has been hard, especially meeting new folks. There have been a few community tech events that have come and gone, and I've been lucky enough to meet a few friends through that. I joined a gym 4 years ago, and a lot of my friends now I've m…

Expanding on the gym comment. I've been going to small gyms for 20+ years and always loved the community there. When our gym shut down for lockdowns, I had enough space and equipment to invite folks to train in my driveway. I now host folks every evening to do workouts. Great for community! We haven't even thought of going back to a gym even though everything is open again. We like the community that we've grown into.

Re: Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work?

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Post by geverett »

Community living! I've lived in various communes for 8 years now. I don't use the term coliving space as I feel a lot of places that go under that moniker are commercially driven and not particularly community based. The houses I've lived in are very rooted in where they're based, host a lot of events, and (crucially I think) are not for profit - they're designed to sustain themselves rather than maximize $ for the landlord. This post has a bunch of resources to see if there are any community houses near you: https://supernuclear.substack.com/p/directory-of-coliving-di...

Re: Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work?

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Post by almog »

Personally, other than school, (mandatory) military services (I really do not recommend that) and work (well, cannot recommend that either when I come to think of it), it's thruhiking (hiking a trail end to end continuously, usually over weeks or months) where I've really felt like being part of a community (or a tribe really).

Re: Ask HN: Where have you found community outside of work?

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Post by michaelrpeskin »

sgt wrote: post #56
NickC25 wrote: post #53

I live in a very transient city with very little tech industry, which also happens to be a city where half the population leaves every April/May through October/November. Community has been hard, especially meeting new folks. There have been a few community tech events that have come and gone, and I've been lucky enough to meet a few friends through that. I joined a gym 4 years ago, and a lot of my friends now I've m…

I can't imagine anything worse than going to the gym. What do you do there? Walk on a treadmill like a mouse in a laboratory? Also, you come back starving because you've burned calories, probably eating way more than you should due to being famished. And it's also extremely boring. I've tried it once or twice, but I just can't handle it. Genuinely interested in how some people manage to consistently keep going to the…

If you're going to a "treadmill" gym, yeah, you're right. But a small powerlifting or weightlifting gym is different. You have to have a spotter or partner, so you'll workout with someone while you're there. And if you're doing it right, you have more downtime between sets than time working, so you end up chatting and making friends.
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