[HN Gopher] Ask HN: What are the single person activities in Chr...
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Ask HN: What are the single person activities in Christmas and/or
New Year?
If you are alone in a big city, what would be your online/offline
to kill some time during Christmas/New year vacation?
Author : notomorrow
Score : 33 points
Date : 2021-12-25 21:02 UTC (1 hours ago)
| crawfordcomeaux wrote:
| Reflecting on what the human needs for surviving and thriving
| are, which ones am I not meeting, don't know how to identify,
| don't know how to meet, and how can I start meeting them
| sustainably.
| sdjkfhbdgb wrote:
| drinking
| blockwriter wrote:
| Ice skating is a great time, especially if you can get to a
| larger, less stuffy park district rink and bring a puck and
| hockey stick. Regional limitations may apply.
| globalise83 wrote:
| In most big cities there will be an underground trance or techno
| rave that goes on much longer than usual on New Year's Eve.
| Perhaps try one of those. No-one will care if you are there on
| your own and you will probably meet some great people.
| mjsir911 wrote:
| I've been trying to get into the rave scene recently and I've
| found it a bit hard to find "underground" events as somebody
| not so socially adept..
|
| Got any tips?
| capableweb wrote:
| https://www.goabase.net/ can be a good starting point to
| finding events. Facebook/Whatsapp/Telegram groups (focused on
| music) found from your local subreddit can probably point you
| in some direction too. Once you've attended one or two events
| and gotten to known some people, they'll happily help you
| attend more ones, including the ones that are not advertised
| as publicly.
| [deleted]
| mkl95 wrote:
| Netflix and sip
| Winterflow3r wrote:
| Go to a nice coffee shop, get a gingerbread latte and sit by a
| window, watch people walking by and write (or hope a cute guy
| comes to talk to me ;D)
| sofixa wrote:
| FYI https://blog.race-conditions.net/ 's cert has expired, and
| the GitHub link under its header 404s.
|
| Edit: realised that's a bit dry. Good luck with the cute guy
| and enjoy New Year's!
| codeDruid wrote:
| Leave one headphone out, just in case :D Hope a cute guy
| approaches you one day soon!
|
| To answer the question, I've heard anecdotal stories of atleast
| a few of my friends, how they got "adopted" by a random group
| of people celebrating in the city. Always be safe of course.
| yeetaccount4 wrote:
| Drinking to excess.
| Overtonwindow wrote:
| Getting stoned! Both?
| openthc wrote:
| I've heard the kids call that cross-faded now.
| martin_a wrote:
| Bake a cake or some cookies, find your next fire/police station
| and bring it to them. It will brighten up their day.
| Overtonwindow wrote:
| This is just one small thing, but you could hang out at a music
| store, and ask questions about instruments. Ask one of the guitar
| techs to show you how to play the bass, or ask the drummer guys
| to show you how drums work. Not spend all day there, maybe 30
| minutes or an hour, but could learn a lot and might find that you
| enjoy one of those instruments.
| lamroger wrote:
| I beat FTL on normal
| nataz wrote:
| Mantis rush is OP
| swader999 wrote:
| Powder skiing. No friends on a powder day. 1.4 m of fresh and -29
| Celsius. Heated boots, snorkel system, heated vest, down coat and
| pants.
| [deleted]
| eucryphia wrote:
| Cycling locally is interesting, hardly any traffic about. You
| might have to take your coffee stop at a petrol station, they
| will be the only place open.
| Operyl wrote:
| I found it interesting that Starbucks in my area was open until
| 5PM today. Sadly they were only getting time and a half, I'm
| told.
| jawns wrote:
| If you're willing to share your time and talents, there are
| organizations in some larger cities that offer volunteer
| opportunities with no commitment. For instance, New York Cares
| https://www.newyorkcares.org
| tombh wrote:
| I'm about to go watch the sunset with some snacks. Though to be
| honest, the main thing is just getting out, rather than what I do
| specifically once I'm there.
| btgeekboy wrote:
| If I was in my old apartment(s) in downtown Seattle today, during
| COVID, I'd probably be up on the rooftop with a small cooler of
| beverages, warm jacket, and a good pair of headphones.
|
| Pre-COVID, I'd be somewhere like the 5 Point Cafe or another dive
| bar.
|
| Or, I'd be working on one of my hobbies.
| edoceo wrote:
| Hurricane! Damn that place was a dump. Miss it.
| marvinblum wrote:
| Playing Age of Empires IV :D
| bilal4hmed wrote:
| I usually go to the movies. You can often times find theaters
| that are empty, which can be a good thing right now
| pthreads wrote:
| I second this, especially now that Matrix Resurrections is out.
| :-)
| scottlilly wrote:
| I did some live-stream programming this morning. It's something I
| started trying out recently. There were a few people to chat
| with, and I made a little progress on a personal project.
| ugh123 wrote:
| Have a link?
| scottlilly wrote:
| The channel is https://www.twitch.tv/codingwithscott. I don't
| have a schedule yet, especially with the holidays, but I'm
| going to try to stream at least a few times a week.
| timvisee wrote:
| Awesome! You mean, you stream your programming. I've been
| wondering for years whether I should give it a try. Is it also
| helpful, or just fun to kill time?
| bilal4hmed wrote:
| Ive also wondered about this but it seems so intimidating to
| code in front of strangers
| scottlilly wrote:
| It has its positives and negatives - but I'd say mostly
| positive.
|
| It's a little difficult to hold conversations with chat while
| trying to remember what I'm doing with the program. It also
| feels a little awkward talking to an empty chat (which is
| what to expect when first starting out). You potentially need
| to handle spammers and trolls.
|
| On the positive side, I've watched other streaming
| programmers, and met programmers in chats. We've shared ideas
| with each other, and it's giving me new ideas and interests.
| And, it gets me out of my comfort zone, which is the only way
| to grow.
|
| If it ever becomes more pain than pleasure, I can always
| stop.
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