Watching anime; playing Touhou and racing games.
Ask HN: What are your (non-hn-related) hobbies?
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#92Mostly: books, music, my fiancée, COD4 on a tactical server (no blind fire and jumping around).
Wish I had something cool to write about here ("rebuilding pre-1950s motorcycles"), but in fact, "books" includes so many things that it's enough to keep me occupied.
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#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just started the "instrument rating" section in the following book: Microsoft Flight Simulator X For Pilots Real World Training Excellent book that should end up saving me lots of actual flying time in preparation for the certification test. As for physics, I'm re-taking the first calc-based physics course (online) at UNC Charlotte this fall. Just enjoying studying the basics again. I'll probably take 1-2 classes per…
FWIW, there isn't much instrument training for your private certificate. You basically just need to be able to understand VOR navigation, manage attitude and speed, and navigate based on instructions from the tower using your instruments. They pretty much want to give you the skills needed to get help and get back on the ground if you find yourself in a bad situation. And to not overreact and stall or spin yourself i…
Re: never stopping to learn, when I was meeting people at my local flying club, the 89-year old Chief Flight Instructor Emeritus welcomed me and showed me around. We were chatting about flying, and the man's been flying for literally 70 years starting when he was 17 for agriculture. He said he felt it was a great thing to spend a life doing and kept referring to himself as being "still a student".
He was unfortunately killed in a car accident a few months later, but his humility left an impact on me.
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#94I enjoy various sorts of hands-on projects when I need a break for the tech world:
Woodworking - building furniture, etc.
Fixing up old pinball machines
Working on the house, minor remodeling sorts of projects
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#95Rugby. Any adversity you encounter in day-to-day startup operations doesn't seem as bad as when it's compared with getting pummeled by Aussie and UK ex-pats.
league, or union?
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
Upvoted for beer & foreign languages, but at the risk of starting One Of Those Debates; why the video game hate?
Two reasons: 1) I am a knowledge-whore. I like to think that after doing something for a substantial time, I will come out of it having learned something. I would consider film culturally enriching, mostly because I watch fringe, independent or foreign films; For some reason, I have a very high opinion of filmmakers as artists. However, I can't say the same about video games or their artistic or cultural merit. I am…
Preface, I probably have a bias regarding the 'hate' towards videogames since I have worked in the field. I understand mahmud's point of view and have friends and family that share his viewpoint as well.
I would say that videogames, as a medium, are artistic; some titles more than others. One quick example would be a title like 'Ico'; in my estimation, the visual impact and animation was similar to an impressionist painting, the lighting effects and overall composition was very well put together. How can the graphics team, animators, creative director not be considered artists? Its a matter of taste I suppose because after playing through that interactive piece of art, I recommended and spoke about it with many people.
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#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
Upvoted for beer & foreign languages, but at the risk of starting One Of Those Debates; why the video game hate?
Two reasons: 1) I am a knowledge-whore. I like to think that after doing something for a substantial time, I will come out of it having learned something. I would consider film culturally enriching, mostly because I watch fringe, independent or foreign films; For some reason, I have a very high opinion of filmmakers as artists. However, I can't say the same about video games or their artistic or cultural merit. I am…
I'm right there with you on your other hobbies, but I do enjoy video games and don't comprehend your reasons here. You sound like you have an axe to grind with video games. Video games are anti-social. Video games aren't cultural. Come on.
1) Okay. So how does pool or Sudoku teach you something? I don't get this movies-to-games comparison. Apples and oranges. Games are not meant to be vehicles for artistic expression.
2) I find video games to be very social, actually. If it weren't for Xbox Live, I wouldn't interact with my old friends much except for when we all vacation back home for the holidays. Beyond that I find it very easy to talk about games with others. If you enjoy anything enough, you'll be able to have a discussion about it.
3) Fair enough.
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#98Scuba. San Jose, but I just returned from the Galapagos.
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#99I do a small amount of pen and paper roleplaying, and the odd bit of computer gaming. Mostly though, I'm a political economy nerd. I read a lot of industrial economics, and a pile of political/current affairs stuff. The Phoenix, the Village, the Economist, as well as a reasonable amount of more textbook type stuff.
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#100Audio. Live sound and home studio. Sothern California