Woodworking/Carpentry. As much as I like writing code and working in Product, it'd be nice to work on something tangible. It's so much easier to give someone a physical product that (for the most part) is 'done' when it's handed over, and there's also the knowledge base that remains mostly intact and isn't continuously iterated like it does in programming.
Ask HN: What would you spend your time working on if you didn't need money?
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#192A free, open-source, federated platform for scientific/technical collaboration & publishing.
have you heard of https://osf.io/ ?
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#193> basically what would your ideal job be Easy. A nonexistent one. If you didn't need money, why would you be seeking a job? > would you contribute towards making society more rational, healthy, and well-coordinated? How does a job contribute to 'society'? Who works to contribute to society? What company exists to 'contribute to society'? Has 'hacker' news become so cynical to believe one's existence is about finding…
Come on, you're being intentionally dense. OP framed your quote as a question, not a statement. They're not exploring nor judging people on whether or not they should be contributing to society even with no pressure towards it. They're asking the if they think they would, and how.
A "no" suffices. And in fact, is valuable, as it feeds the secondary implicit survey you allude to.
Personally, that's my answer. My public contribution would be in archival, I'd edit a lot of wiki pages. But it would be driven by my interest, not practicality, so it would be mostly useless to society at large. Most of my time would actually be consumed by personal stuff for my friend groups.
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#194Earlier quoted context omitted.
Adding counter spin: And you had the unquestioned backing of world leaders ala the wall watchers in The Three Body Problem. What would you do if you didn’t have to worry about money, or opposition, and the sky itself wasn’t even the limit.
I will create a global society that is mostly a dictate of scientists and engineers. My point: It's better to be dictated by scientists and engineers than lawyers and accountants, if we have to be dictated. - It is MANDATORY to receive STEM education up to undergraduate level AND pass several tests unless you are proved to be unfit by more than one independent medical institutions; - A commission consists of global s…
i like it, and have thought of similar ideas. i would add yogis or "spiritual masters" or something like that to the scientists and engineers, just to keep things in check and not let the intellect take over too much.
so it seems like your vision would be to maximize understanding of the universe, which i agree with, because that is like the ultimate thing that makes sense to do in order for our species to survive for the longest amount of time possible.
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#195I'd ask the same question, but with a sinister twist: What would you do if you don't worry about money AND law enforcement?
Adding counter spin: And you had the unquestioned backing of world leaders ala the wall watchers in The Three Body Problem. What would you do if you didn’t have to worry about money, or opposition, and the sky itself wasn’t even the limit.
ayy 3 body problem. good book series.
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#196I wouldn’t work towards anything. I’d shitpost online, read books, go to the coffeeshop, watch movies, go on walks, etc. Took 3 years off in my 20s to do exactly that and it was incredible. Best years of my life. Would drop everything and do it again in heartbeat if I could swing it financially.
you think it was worth it even though you could have been saving money during that time?
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#197Probably Christian apologetics. It is clear to me that science is incompatible with atheism and supports the Christian worldview, but this does not seem to be widely understood.
interesting. can you expound on that?
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#198Probably Christian apologetics. It is clear to me that science is incompatible with atheism and supports the Christian worldview, but this does not seem to be widely understood.
Is there any book in that area you'd recommend? I'd be interested in reading something I'm totally unfamiliar with.
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#199I would learn how to grow and harvest kava kava (psychoactive plant).
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#200I'll work on these: (1) Convince car manufacturers to add a battery port in the trunk. They can make smaller cars with 100 mile range which covers >98%[2] of the trips and anyone who needs more can rent extra batteries from their nearest retailers. Fast chargers don't work, queueing theory explains why: What happens when you add a new teller? [0]. Fast chargers won't work because we have to solve for the peak case, w…
i'm young, and want to help work on these, how can i get started? (i'm currently 28 and have been working as a software engineer for 4 years)