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Ah, being young again and not having family, but spare time instead... Awesome project!

by kleiba 7y ago

obilgic 7y ago
Not really, seems like he was smart enough to turn what likes doing into his daily job...
- kleiba 7y ago
  Oh, sure. What I meant was more like having the spare time to do cool projects like that myself. Don't get me wrong, I would have never been able to create something like this, I completely lack the engineering background. But like many of you, too, I'm sure, I've got a backlog of cool ideas for fun projects that I just don't get around doing any more. But stuff like this hoop is inspiring nevertheless.
goldenkey 7y ago
Same could be said for sickness, poverty, or well, any other forms of time drain. Somehow, someway, many make time to create awesomeness anyway. This makes it sound like a reason so you can resent the kids when they are grown up? Take a look at Tech Ingredients. He involves his son in all his projects/videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/TechIngredients https://www.youtube.com/user/TechIngredients I would say he's a better father than most because of the fun experiments he does with his kids.
- kleiba 7y ago
  Same could be said for sickness, poverty, or well, any other forms of time drain. Of course but luckily the first two don't apply to me. And that any form of time drain leaves you with less time is kind of tautological. Take a look at Tech Ingredients. He involves his son in all his projects/videos: That's good for him. But not everyone is the same. For instance, a father who has three children, say aged, 1, 2, and 3 years old should probably find it more difficult to involve all of them in his hobby projects. I do agree, though, that as your kids get older and more and more independent, the amounts of free time you have start getting bigger again...
econcon 7y ago
He has a wife tho
kleiba 7y ago
See, I don't really get the downvotes. Here I'm trying to express my admiration for the guy and his project, and at the same time lamenting that in my current life, I don't find the time any more. My life conditions are mostly influenced by having a job and a family which in my case takes up most of my time. What is there to downvote? I used to have much more spare time (family, d'uh!) and so had more time to spend on fun project. Don't get me wrong: I wouldn't treat my family for anything in the world but what's wrong with being nostalgic every now and then when you see someone else realizing a cool project like this for which I certainly would not find the time these days? Was the perception that I was implying that this is a trivial project that anyone could realize, even me, if only had some more time? I can't imagine that, unless the downvoters stopped reading at the three dots - otherwise it would certainly have been clear that I find the project admirable. So, I don't get it. I do understand the run-away effect that someone sees a downvoted comment that has, say, 2 downvotes already and then feels the urge to be part of the club and downvote it a third time. I know the temptation. At least some people express their thoughts in their answer but from reading the replies to my comment, even when someone disagrees what (what they think) I meant, I get the feeling that they wouldn't have downvoted necessarily because they're simply expressing a different viewpoint. But again, I wasn't talking about other people who might be able to involve their family into their projects. That's completely besides the point. Of course, everyone is different. I was talking about myself. I find it hard to see how my remark could be construed as an alleged statement about life in general. And it wasn't even a negative statement either. So, before I start repeating myself too much, I sometimes don't get HN'ers. Plus, anonymous downvotes suck. I guess that is a general statement about life.

Ah, being young again and not having family, but spare time instead... Awesome project!

by kleiba 7y ago

Ah, being young again and not having family, but spare time instead... Awesome project!

obilgic 7y ago

Not really, seems like he was smart enough to turn what likes doing into his daily job...

kleiba 7y ago
Oh, sure. What I meant was more like having the spare time to do cool projects like that myself. Don't get me wrong, I would have never been able to create something like this, I completely lack the engineering background. But like many of you, too, I'm sure, I've got a backlog of cool ideas for fun projects that I just don't get around doing any more. But stuff like this hoop is inspiring nevertheless.

goldenkey 7y ago

Same could be said for sickness, poverty, or well, any other forms of time drain. Somehow, someway, many make time to create awesomeness anyway. This makes it sound like a reason so you can resent the kids when they are grown up? Take a look at Tech Ingredients. He involves his son in all his projects/videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/TechIngredients https://www.youtube.com/user/TechIngredients I would say he's a better father than most because of the fun experiments he does with his kids.

kleiba 7y ago
Same could be said for sickness, poverty, or well, any other forms of time drain. Of course but luckily the first two don't apply to me. And that any form of time drain leaves you with less time is kind of tautological. Take a look at Tech Ingredients. He involves his son in all his projects/videos: That's good for him. But not everyone is the same. For instance, a father who has three children, say aged, 1, 2, and 3 years old should probably find it more difficult to involve all of them in his hobby projects. I do agree, though, that as your kids get older and more and more independent, the amounts of free time you have start getting bigger again...

econcon 7y ago

He has a wife tho

kleiba 7y ago

See, I don't really get the downvotes. Here I'm trying to express my admiration for the guy and his project, and at the same time lamenting that in my current life, I don't find the time any more. My life conditions are mostly influenced by having a job and a family which in my case takes up most of my time. What is there to downvote? I used to have much more spare time (family, d'uh!) and so had more time to spend on fun project. Don't get me wrong: I wouldn't treat my family for anything in the world but what's wrong with being nostalgic every now and then when you see someone else realizing a cool project like this for which I certainly would not find the time these days? Was the perception that I was implying that this is a trivial project that anyone could realize, even me, if only had some more time? I can't imagine that, unless the downvoters stopped reading at the three dots - otherwise it would certainly have been clear that I find the project admirable. So, I don't get it. I do understand the run-away effect that someone sees a downvoted comment that has, say, 2 downvotes already and then feels the urge to be part of the club and downvote it a third time. I know the temptation. At least some people express their thoughts in their answer but from reading the replies to my comment, even when someone disagrees what (what they think) I meant, I get the feeling that they wouldn't have downvoted necessarily because they're simply expressing a different viewpoint. But again, I wasn't talking about other people who might be able to involve their family into their projects. That's completely besides the point. Of course, everyone is different. I was talking about myself. I find it hard to see how my remark could be construed as an alleged statement about life in general. And it wasn't even a negative statement either. So, before I start repeating myself too much, I sometimes don't get HN'ers. Plus, anonymous downvotes suck. I guess that is a general statement about life.