Ask HN: What do you consider fun?

15•IndySun•2h ago

If you're inordinately in front of a computer screen for a living, day in day out, week after week, when you've finally had enough and need a break, what works for you to counter it?

No matter the weather (UK, its grey and dank), or locale, a timer and an enforced outdoor solo walk generally perks me up.

Comments

zem•1h ago

I spend an inordinate amount of time reading (fiction) when I'm not at work. always a nice break from anything else I'm doing.

DANmode•35m ago

It sounds like you deserve to be somewhere not grey and dank.

By the way: the dank is mold. Nobody likes to talk about it, but…that’s the story. :(

Edit: and like clockwork, every comment of mine on either side of this one loses its points hahaha…you can take every “point” except “mold exposure isn’t good for you”.

stavros•29m ago

MORE COMPUTER SCREEN!

Seriously, I just cannot get enough of making things. Hardware, software, CAD, whatever, I just love making stuff. The more I can make, the better.

I can't get enough of computers, either. I love it.

timeattack•25m ago

Where to find a wife like that though? :D

stavros•5m ago

Oh I pay for the $20/mo Claude plan, so I have lots of downtime between rate limits :P

Cerium•26m ago

Hand tool woodworking. Zero screens needed. All you need is about a 8x8 foot space that you can get messy.

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