jimnotgym

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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
I can imagine that when you are born can effect your life. For instance I was born in the summer making me one of the youngest in my class through school. I read once that professional (association) footballers are much more likely to hav
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
I love old valve radios. I always say if one comes up for the right price...
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That is cool. I play guitar, and I always imagined electric drums giving you so many more options to play than acoustic ones
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
Cool, I never saw that one at the time. It is 3 months old, and I can acquire a new hobby in that time so don't feel bad about reposting
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
I love your hobby, because there are so many avenues you could take it down, including as you say cnc. Don't forget that whatever you can design to 3d print you can order from China made of aluminium! I'm not blogging at the mom
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I'm doing lots of unconventional things to keep the cost down. But having a boat in a yard is expensive in itself
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
It's a really good point, and you will have time for the recovery. But counterpoint, the S&P 100 gained over 24% this year. FTSE gained nearly 18%. Still good gains vs inflation!
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If I were nearing retirement and had a decent pension pot where I could control it in fine detail...I would be diversifying away from tech stocks and holding some cash for immediate needs. There probably won't be much time when it unra
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
There is no sticht definition of a yacht. Normally it would be a pleasure craft. Generally a dinghy is anything that doesn't have a ballasted keel. A dinghy sized open boat with a ballasted keel would be called a keelboat for racing,
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
It is so rare that humans write good prose, how could you expect AI to do it? It has been trained on humans of all levels Good human prose is rarely written in one shot. It is heavily rewritten over a long period. How about getting one ai t
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
I'm actually having a party when they both go bust. Maybe a festival? Imagine having the brass neck to go and lobby for a rent-seeking monopoly?
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Why thank you. It saved it from being scrapped, and I have a cosy place to sleep on the other side of the country. Edit: (Cozy ish. A bit too much water coming in so far)
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
I have burnt out. I'll tell you what I know. You have a certain amount of energy. It recharges slowly. Just like a battery it can run a milk float for a day or a racing car for 30 seconds. You choose. You can recharge the milk float
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
I (also the OP) am refitting a small (25ft) yacht I bought for £1. Eccentric enough? What if I told you I had never sailed a yacht and it is about a 4 hour drive to get to it? AMA
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
Now this is flagged, I started a thread of my own. Would love you to post over there where more people might see it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49021336
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
I (the OP) restore paintings! I buy oil paintings off FB marketplace being sold for £5-£25 normally or from charity shops, and restore them. AMA
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Ask HN: Share Your Eccentric Hobby
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
That is an awesome hobby, thanks for sharing. Can you source good enough lenses for the job? At least you know that you have a lens no one else has
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
Yeah I buy scrap paintings! It takes a long time, and there are a few in process at a time, so I don't need to source many. I'll buy almost anything that is an original oil painting. Most cost £5-10 and are semi-pro level, with h
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
Oh, this might be my opportunity to tell HN about one of my nerdy recent hobbies, one that would terrify professionals! In fact one that professionals say is impossible for non professionals (which might be what attracted me to it). I resto
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
They have only threatened to do that, yes
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
Shouldn't they be airgapped? Shouldn't society insist they are?
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by jimnotgym 3mo ago
Why don't we just have a pause, while we think about the consequences? Stop release of the latest generation of models while society develops to a level where we can deal with it?
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You can buy farm land for that price yes. But you can't build on it
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Where do you think she will end up if the Venezuelan army don't like her direction? 6 feet under the jungle I expect. Playing both sides
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Remotely? That is just making him feel like he is in control. She says yes to everything he says, and then keeps doing the corruption
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This wasn't a discussion over whether panels were sufficient to push a truck. It was a discussion if the tractor unit or the trailer was the best place to electrify
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Not necessarily true though... building houses for the council requires builders too
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ICE have jurisdiction over elections now?
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Small developers struggle to get hold of land though. You have to be in the know to get hold of building land

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