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Re: Monetizing hobbies

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Post by ThinkBeat »

FourthProtocol wrote: post #58
ThinkBeat wrote: post #13

A hobby should be something you can do for yourself. Something you get pleasure / relaxation / a welcomed distraction. out of doing. If you take up painting (art, not houses) you should know you will never be Rembrandt and it should not keep you from painting (Unless painting houses is your hobby) With things like (marathon) running, hiking, it is easy to meassure Objective progress and qutie hard to moneteize. If yo…

With things like (marathon) running, hiking, it is easy to meassure Objective progress and qutie hard to moneteize. Well, no. You can do sooo much here. Log your hike, provide coordinates of off-the-beaten-track routes and sites, provide info on trail conditions, run team events, gear reviews, first aid courses... Also, who said I can't be the next Rembrandt? Kandinsky is only one of many proofs that that second sent…

In the Norwegian Lotto system your chances of winning are: 1:5,4 million. Some people win the lottery.

Is it being defeatist to not buy a lottery ticket? or 10? or 100?

Or can you say that the chances of winning are so remote that you dont want to spend money on buying tickets?

The chances someone who dedicates their entire life, all their academic efforts, all the apprenticeships possible, giving it their all, the chances that person will become the next Rembradt is far less than winning a lottery ticket.

If you pick up a brush for the first time in your 30s, the chances are much lower.

So yes, it is possible. But the probability is near zero.

What I was saying was find a hobby that you can get some enjoyment out of.

If in your 30s: You pick up a paintbrush becasue you know you will be the next Rembradt, or You learn to drive a stick shift knowing you will become the biggest Formula1 Champion ever. or Start reading "An Idiots guide to Basic Physics" knowing you will far exceeed Einstein

Chances are you won't really enjoy it that much.

Re: Monetizing hobbies

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Post by political12345 »

Damogran6 wrote: post #41
cehrlich wrote: post #5

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The downside is you might end up resenting your hobby

Then pivot. So many of these decisions are "If you do X, you'll end up with Y" as if that's the end. There's nothing wrong with 'trying something on and changing your mind once you see how it looks.'

exactly

Re: Monetizing hobbies

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Post by sprkwd »

AussieWog93 wrote: post #8

I've monetised my hobbies three times so far. All three times it has become lucrative, but none of them are hobbies any more. One of the important things along the way I've learned is that what makes hobbies relaxing and fun isn't about the specific task you're doing but the fact that it's about enjoying the process of making/doing rather than feeling pressure to deliver the end result. That's not to say I have any r…

I’d love to know what they all were.

Re: Monetizing hobbies

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Post by OJFord »

AviationAtom wrote: post #90
OJFord wrote: post #88

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'now'? That's an argument/news item for more than a decade ago isn't it?

Not really. Many are indeed implementing digital trunking systems, but choosing to leave most of their talkgroups in the clear. After incidents happen some of them are getting pushed to take all talkgroups encrypted, rather than just sensitive ones, such as tactical/SWAT.

Interesting, I'm actually in the UK, had to look it up but what I was thinking of was 'TETRA': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_Trunked_Radio

I think I recall emergency services switched nationwide in/by 2010, certainly it came to the small town (i.e. far from breaking new ground) I was in around then.

As I understood it at the time, it meant everything was encrypted and you could no longer listen in. But reading your comment and some of the details there (and having studied such things since then, albeit largely forgotten) I wonder if it's similar to your description, and it mostly prevented casual listening just because it raised the bar for the equipment needed, not because it was actually encrypted.

(Afaik before that it was analogue, or at least dual or slowly switching/some services analogue.)

Re: Monetizing hobbies

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Post by AviationAtom »

OJFord wrote: post #94
AviationAtom wrote: post #90

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Not really. Many are indeed implementing digital trunking systems, but choosing to leave most of their talkgroups in the clear. After incidents happen some of them are getting pushed to take all talkgroups encrypted, rather than just sensitive ones, such as tactical/SWAT.

Interesting, I'm actually in the UK, had to look it up but what I was thinking of was 'TETRA': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_Trunked_Radio I think I recall emergency services switched nationwide in/by 2010, certainly it came to the small town (i.e. far from breaking new ground) I was in around then. As I understood it at the time, it meant everything was encrypted and you could no longer listen in. But re…

Indeed, a good trunked radio costs some coin here, but it isn't outrageous (~$500). Most enthusiasts are happy to cough up the money for it. Casual folks generally just get a phone app, that then has a stream from one of the previously mentioned enthusiasts.

Listening to the scanner isn't illegal here, so long as it isn't in the commission of a crime, but the ones that are encrypted obviously would be illegal to listen into without explicit authorization.

A lot of agencies want to keep their transmissions open, but with how easy it is to turn on encryption on their existing equipment, it only takes one incident for them to suddenly decide to encrypt.

It was disappointing when I moved from an area that had all but tactical channels in the clear, to one that encrypts everything. Apparently it even caused the state agencies to say they would not respond within the jurisdiction, for a period of time, as they were locked out of being able to talk to that jurisdiction's dispatch. Ultimately they were given encrypted access.

Re: Monetizing hobbies

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Post by deebosong »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #80
deebosong wrote: post #72

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Dang. Ageism sucks. Would be cool to have a culture change where those with more years & experience are honored, and seen as deep players on the team rather than as outdated.

Well, I think what's happened, is twenty-something-year-old CEOs. They may be brilliant, driven, creative, hardworking people, but they Just. Don't. Have. Scars. They never really had the chance to run face-first into reality, while still in a position where the stakes are low, and there's more experienced folks around, to help them get back on their feet. Their first mistakes are disasters, because they have it all…

That's a very interesting way to view it. Gonna sit on it and let it marinate.

Re: Monetizing hobbies

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Post by FourthProtocol »

verve_rat wrote: post #87
FourthProtocol wrote: post #58

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With things like (marathon) running, hiking, it is easy to meassure Objective progress and qutie hard to moneteize. Well, no. You can do sooo much here. Log your hike, provide coordinates of off-the-beaten-track routes and sites, provide info on trail conditions, run team events, gear reviews, first aid courses... Also, who said I can't be the next Rembrandt? Kandinsky is only one of many proofs that that second sent…

But that is not running, hiking, or snowboarding. What you are talking about is making maps and writing reviews. They are related, but are not the thing the enthusiast enjoys.

They were ideas of the top of my head. And what if he/she DOES enjoy that aspect? I'm a snowboarder and love it. The point is to have an open mind. Like it? Great. If not, also great, no?
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