weekendvampire
The Lost Art of Channel Surfing
Starting Early
Re:The Scam Called "You Don't Have to Remember Anything"
on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @12:20PM (#45199922)
Re:The Computer Was Once Special
on Saturday March 29, 2025 @11:31AM (#43516309)
I feel ya. Objectively the upsides may be far more than the downsides but culturally it might have regressed us back.
The Computer Was Once Special
Re:Show HN: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @11:10PM (#41386888)
Would've been way more fun if I could find out what answers I got wrong.
Media Ownership (Or Lack Thereof)
The Engineers' Manifesto
Re:Lessons from a never-ending personal project
on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @07:49PM (#38704142)
Author here - thanks for the kind words. I mostly agree with your comment, the problem is less of not being able to achieve targets and more of the number of targets increasing as you get more and more ideas to add to something. Do start a blog, it's really fun!
Re:Lessons from a never-ending personal project
on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @07:46PM (#38704107)
(Author here) Yeah, most of my personal projects don't fall in the never-ending category either, this writeup was more about the ones that do because you get so many ideas as you work on them that you keep working on them.
Re:Lessons from a never-ending personal project
on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @07:40PM (#38704059)
Very true. (Author here) I think I was just trying to self deprecate to be funny, but deep down I agree with you, even though I have no clue how certain things I spend my time on will ever help me.
Edit: Adding your comment to my favourite quotes list, you put in words something I kinda know but had never seen said articulately before.
Re:Lessons from a never-ending personal project
on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @07:39PM (#38704052)
Yes, do it!
Re:Lessons from a never-ending personal project
on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @07:38PM (#38704047)
Author here. The second quote you mentioned really sums up what I was trying to capture. Thanks for the recommendation!
Re:Lessons from a never-ending personal project
on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @07:37PM (#38704031)
Well said!
Lessons from a never-ending personal project
Re:If you succeed; you will fail
on Sunday August 13, 2023 @10:14PM (#37116718)
Not to be that guy but that should be a comma and not a semicolon.
Re:Richard Feynman's 1964 Messenger Lectures at Cornell University
on Sunday July 30, 2023 @01:42PM (#36933837)
YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLez3PPtnpncQLg_H7f6T9yJmJ...
Re:India's Chandrayaan-3 launches to explore moons water rich South Pole
on Friday July 14, 2023 @11:22AM (#36725283)
This is fascinating. Any particular reasons for the disparity?
Re:Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?
on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @01:00PM (#36589378)
I write about pop culture at https://siddhesh.substack.com.
Mental Health Advice
Re:Watch Tarkovsky's Best Films Online for Free
on Saturday May 27, 2023 @04:13PM (#36097829)
Yes, that is a good thing.
Shallow Work Emptiness
The Oscar Best Picture Conundrum
Re:The days are long but the decades are short (2015)
on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:19PM (#35634046)
I'm always surprised by how often advice from extremely successful people tends to repeat itself, which tells me that there really is no "secret" to making it and living a great life that I don't already know.
Being Online
Re:‘It took over my life ’ How one man made his dream 90s video game o...
on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @10:44AM (#34882378)
I desperately want a project like this to take over my life for a few months. I'm in grad school so am juggling job hunting with coursework and other part time job duties, but I miss the feeling of giving 100% of my time and energy to one thing.