Working from home.
Linux
Lemmy.
Telegram.
telegram is unencrypted by default. Use something else if you value your privacy
Telegram Will die, Matrix will takeover
Mr. Anderson!
Is matrix more of a discord alternate or telegram
Originally a federated E2EE alternative to IRC. But it can replace any instant messengers (Discord, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, ICQ, Jabber, etc.).
Does “replace” mean I can use it to communicate with people who are on any of these apps?
Sorry, by ‘replace’ I meant ‘use as an alternative’.
Matrix has bridges, but they have to be configured on a backend (instance) and I don’t know any instances that allow them at no charge.
I sadly don’t have any programming friends
Juggling. Friend decades ago taught me how to group juggle with other people. Lots of fun. But I’ve learned never to admit I’m into juggling, cuz apparently it’s serial killer weird
I can juggle 3 balls but no more, its quite intuitive once you try! I know 3 is basically nothing, I just learnt it when I was like 10 and never took it up.
But that is a great hobby man, join a circus or smth idk.
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Privacy
Protects one of your fundamental rights, or nearly all of them if you think about it, as well.
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ham radio
Getting certified is super easy in many places and there are many hobbies within, such as electronics, building antennas, etc.
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poetry
This hobby has to be the cheapest of all. Go to the park with a pen and paper, bonus points if you leave your phone at home, and let your mind wander :)
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Reading math books, Linux, Lemmy, and Extreme metal. I have nothing to talk about with people IRL other than the fucking weather (that I actually want to talk about).
The overlap between math and death metal fans is larger than im comfortable with.
Death, Black, Grindcore, Slam, blackened deathmetal, shoegaze, Deathgaze…hit me up :D
Conlangs, we could reform the language world.
Guess i’m the first to say it, sewing. Not necessarily making things from scratch but just fixing what you got and adding features. Fairly affordable hobby, easy to get into and plenty of tutorials.
Privacy.
Learning how to get better at critical thinking.
I study rhetoric and argumentation for fun. Rhetoric is for understanding how people persuade me, argumentation is for understanding the tactics they use to achieve that goal. I’ve developed a certain style of rhetoric and argumentation that I like a lot. Essentially, I think people should learn to identify their own assumptions and make them explicit. Far fewer misunderstandings would happen if people know wtf they themselves were saying.
That’s a hobby?
Why wouldn’t it be? It’s not something I’m doing for school or work. It’s purely for personal growth and enjoyment, like writing and/or reading.
Well, to me it sounds more like a skill rather than a hobby.
Getting better at a hobby makes it a skill. Get better at pottery and its a skill, doesnt mean its not a hobby.
This is going to seem odd because a lot of people are surface level into it but if you actually get into it you’ll see it’s very difficult and most people will tell you that you’re wrong. This hobby is game design. It’s incredibly hard but everyone thinks they are a master at it. The moment you start building something you see that all of your designs are very basic.
Ooh that reminds me of the fantasy heart breaker phenomenon. It’s where like someone who has only ever played DND (and probably just one edition of it) sets out to make their own RPG. They’re full of passion and energy!
And the game turns out like shit because all they knew was DND. Like if someone who had only ever watched the Lord of the rings movies went to make their own film, and it has horses no matter the genre because don’t films always have horses?
