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Ask HN: What are some good ways to waste time?

8 points by moonfleet 4y ago

kapitanjakc 4y ago
Askreddit Twitter threads Wikipedia rabbit holes Instagram/ Tiktok/ YouTube:- Reels/Shorts etc Commenting on HN on new threads
altilunium 4y ago
https://altilunium.github.io/patroltool/ https://altilunium.github.io/patroltool/ Look up what the Wikipedia editors are doing (in real time) right now. You'll get insightful wiki rabbit hole session if you're lucky.
- beardyw 4y ago
  Well, Thank You Very Much. Now I have no life.
- laxk 4y ago
  2 days! do not click the link.
bombcar 4y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com
- q-base 4y ago
  I see what you did there... And raise you with: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33656628 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33656628
sacrosanct 4y ago
Scrolling, but make sure your feeds are high signal. I never liked algorithmic recommendation engines. I see what's on my plate for the day, consume it, and come out of it enriched instead of radicalized or brainwashed.
frontman1988 4y ago
Browse youtube of other countries by changing location using vpn and language using translate and then search for interesting videos.
patrogizmo 4y ago
Listen to The History of Philosophy without any Gaps podcast. You’ll get a lot of insight into the evolution of human thought.
- q-base 4y ago
  This looks absolutely brilliant! Thanks a lot for sharing!
  - patrogizmo 4y ago
    Glad you like it!
frank_bb 4y ago
f0e4c2f7 4y ago
Reading fiction, Playing virtual reality games, Walking in the woods.
neophyt3 4y ago
Come up with some ideas or pick random large/complex project. Think how it works and start googling for the terms then open blogs link in new tab and read only title and skim 2-5 new buzz words and then open new tab and again start goolong those buzzz words and repeat this process until you get tired. And before you close browser save all the tabs links so that you can waste your time next time by opening thoae tabs. This is how I waste time on some days.. currently wasting time playing chess
cpach 4y ago
Go out for a walk. Read a newspaper, magazine or book. Visit a coffe shop. Hang out with friends. Play board games. Start a hobby. Do some woodworking or sewing. Go to a museum. Visit a theatre. Go to the movies. The possibilities are endless!

8 points by moonfleet 4y ago

Askreddit Twitter threads Wikipedia rabbit holes Instagram/ Tiktok/ YouTube:- Reels/Shorts etc Commenting on HN on new threads

altilunium 4y ago

https://altilunium.github.io/patroltool/ https://altilunium.github.io/patroltool/ Look up what the Wikipedia editors are doing (in real time) right now. You'll get insightful wiki rabbit hole session if you're lucky.

beardyw 4y ago
Well, Thank You Very Much. Now I have no life.
laxk 4y ago
2 days! do not click the link.

bombcar 4y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com

q-base 4y ago
I see what you did there... And raise you with: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33656628 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33656628

sacrosanct 4y ago

Scrolling, but make sure your feeds are high signal. I never liked algorithmic recommendation engines. I see what's on my plate for the day, consume it, and come out of it enriched instead of radicalized or brainwashed.

frontman1988 4y ago

Browse youtube of other countries by changing location using vpn and language using translate and then search for interesting videos.

patrogizmo 4y ago

Listen to The History of Philosophy without any Gaps podcast. You’ll get a lot of insight into the evolution of human thought.

q-base 4y ago
This looks absolutely brilliant! Thanks a lot for sharing!
- patrogizmo 4y ago
  Glad you like it!

frank_bb 4y ago

f0e4c2f7 4y ago

Reading fiction, Playing virtual reality games, Walking in the woods.

neophyt3 4y ago

Come up with some ideas or pick random large/complex project. Think how it works and start googling for the terms then open blogs link in new tab and read only title and skim 2-5 new buzz words and then open new tab and again start goolong those buzzz words and repeat this process until you get tired. And before you close browser save all the tabs links so that you can waste your time next time by opening thoae tabs. This is how I waste time on some days.. currently wasting time playing chess

cpach 4y ago

Go out for a walk. Read a newspaper, magazine or book. Visit a coffe shop. Hang out with friends. Play board games. Start a hobby. Do some woodworking or sewing. Go to a museum. Visit a theatre. Go to the movies. The possibilities are endless!