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Ask HN: What would you do if you didn't have to work for a living?
- mjomaa 2y agoSleep long every day
- throwaway888abc 2y agotravel
- zelda420 2y agoSki, hike and swim.
- edward 2y agoWrite open source software, travel to tech conferences and post comments like this on Hacker News.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 2y agoI'd complain about something else in replies to comments on hn just like this. I'd listen to NPR all day too.
- xtrapol8 2y agoDoes that come with infinite resources? Build a monument of brutalism unlike anything this world has yet seen (and I’m well aware of what that covers.)
- nosmokewhereiam 2y agoBuild techno-forward sound systems and share them.
- nosmokewhereiam 2y agoLive.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoBuild systems at scale to serve the human.
- fabianholzer 2y agoSimilar question, four month ago (299 comments): Ask HN: What would you spend your time working on if you didn't need money? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40500429 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40500429
- mikewarot 2y agoI tinker with my BitGrid project, hoping I can keep myself together long enough to see it successfully through TinyTapeout. Who knows, you might have one in your computer in a decade or two. If you're contemplating this issue seriously, know that not doing anything isn't an option for more than a few months, max.
- sfmz 2y agoWorkout, learn languages and play guitar. Fitness / physical play is such a huge component of happiness; think of little kids running around... are we so different?
- siamese_puff 2y agoExactly this as well.
- JourneyToLunar 2y agoHike in every country and territory of the world. After that is done I deserve some rest…
- askafriend 2y agoElite recreational fitness/sports training and occasional travel mixed in with more time for healthy eating and creative projects.
- harryquach 2y agoI would train hard everyday also. I found this to be the best natural antidepressant. There is something so satisfying about pushing your body and mind with hard physical exercise.
- powerbroker 2y agoI bounce back and forth between hang gliding and kiteboarding.
- naveen99 2y agoWork on general artificial intelligence
- crush_robo_1536 2y ago[dead]
- julienreszka 2y agomarry and have children I suppose, work is so stressful and taking so much time and energy
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- thedevindevops 2y agoFigure out how AI can help the blind and the deaf. Take up ceramics. Write a travel book. Tinker with low-cost robotics. Volunteer for some environmental restoration project - the riverbank ones seem interesting.
- LUmBULtERA 2y agoI still work in part for fear of not having enough to provide comfort for the family, but I've been rolling it back slowly. We could have our son in preschool from morning to 3pm, or morning to 5-6pm with aftercare. I chose to pick him up at 3pm and spend extra time with him each day at a park/library/etc...
- Quinzel 2y agoI’d read, and I’d travel, but I’d travel with a backpack and a pair of good walking shoes and I’d take the road less traveled.
- lockedup 2y agoI would love to do that i love to read i spend my days doing im locked in a cell all day so i have plenty of time... what i would do to just walk where ever i want
- farseer 2y agoGo hunt bad guys
- VoodooJuJu 2y agoHave children, open a restaurant or brewery or winery or pub, make art sculptures, landscape, make video games, play video games, play tabletop wargames.
- 1oooqooq 2y agoso, turn into Bob? from bobs burger?
- JohnFen 2y agoI'd do pretty much what I do now, to be honest. Although my dev work would be projects that I choose on the schedule I choose rather than the ones required by my job.
- VirusNewbie 2y agoI would drive to my FAANG job in a Rolls Royce most days instead of a model 3 Tesla. I'd not sweat it if things slipped. shrug The work is interesting enough for now.
- lockedup 2y agoWell seeing as how im icarcerated and dont have to i spend my days tryn to break threw more of this ipad they gave me succerities so i can brows the web
- moomoo11 2y agoWhen I have a good exit from my current startup I want to work on things that will empower my community. I now realize that money is kind of meaningless after a certain amount. I wish I’d started this journey sooner and somehow skipped the decade of work experience, but I’m unsure. I’d like to build housing projects, youth and adult education centers with access to cool shit, and maybe start a transportation company. Ok enough dreaming, back to work lol.
- purple-leafy 2y agoLearn as much about computers and electronics as I can as deep as possible. Built a very basic computer from scratch from electronics. So basically what I’m doing now, but even more. Also dog walk every day, hike, read books, teach
- rawgabbit 2y agoOil painting.