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Re:One man’s quest to end cheating in virtual cycling by dotnet00 on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @11:31PM (#37669660)
I find this attitude HNers often have to be so disappointing. It's not that hard to just appreciate someone's quirky hobby project even if you don't understand it.

We all have our own weird obsessions that don't necessarily make sense, but they don't have to.

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Re:One man’s quest to end cheating in virtual cycling by freitzkriesler2 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @09:38AM (#37674496)
After a certain point, the obsession becomes unhealthy. The guy clearly isn't enjoying his hobby anymore and is instead becoming a policeman trying to enforce his image of perfection onto an imperfect world.

Either pick up your ball and play elsewhere or accept the imperfections and work around them.

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Re:One man’s quest to end cheating in virtual cycling by dotnet00 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @10:24AM (#37675114)
He's trying to improve the thing he enjoys, that isn't unhealthy and does not in any way imply that he doesn't enjoy his hobby anymore.

Is "Accept the imperfections and work around them" how you approach all of your hobbies? Are you not invested in any of them? Since wanting to improve things is a pretty normal aspect of being invested in anything, especially a hobby.

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