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embedded programming, i love everything about it except cluttering my desk with electronics, breadboards and also wiring stuff to my desktop is annoying, or using UART to debug a microcontroller is annoying
love it, feel like life is too short and I can't enjoy this one to the extent I want to
Ham Radio. The equipment is expensive and it takes time to learn. Then there's the license -- my body rejects taking exams after six years of college π
3D printing. Part of the issue is my main filament-based project needs to be ABS so I don't have much interest in a starter printer. I also have enough finicky devices that I really don't want to figure out another. So I landed on the prusa mk3 when that was still the current model and havent committed the money to it. It's not like I'm starved for solutions given that I can make widgets from wood or aluminum. I even ramped up my steel fab capability with a nice welder that cost half a prusa. So buying a printer has been on a perpetual backburner.
Plus I know solidworks well and the work flows in every other cad infuriates me.
Gem cutting. Once you have a good machine it doesn't cost a lot of money for raw gem quality rough.
I want to cut synthetics since I don't like the idea of a hobbyist screwing around with non-renewable gems... Also synthetics are flawless and can have cool color shifting patterns like ametrine (amethyst/citrine) or even watermelon colored corundums.
I just want to make shiny jems to look at :( I want to cut giant Portuguese cut cubic zirconia and square cut color shifters :(
It's like $2000-5000 for a decent lapidary setup... And that's not counting abrasive wheels.
I often make the same argument against myself for limited resources but ultimately, if the resource is affordable, then it probably isn't rare on the scale that hobbyists would affect it. But then there's helium, which is somehow not anywhere near abundant enough for the low price they charge to fill a balloon. While hobbyists still wouldn't affect the supply that much, I don't like supporting balloons anymore. Weird hill to die on for 95% of people or greater.
Yeah I know and for certain gems like garnet or corundum we're literally never running out. It's things like tanzanite (my fave!) or emerald that are far more worrisome. With industrialized mining we can yank it all out of the ground way faster than we can find new deposits.
Tanzanite might only have the weird and oddly specific conditions necessary for it to form in this one rift in Tanzania.
Cross country horse eventing. Sheβs too old, and I canβt afford the expenses.
I really want to do archery. It's not expensive to buy a starter recurve bow kit, but I'm worried I would buy it and never use it because of my procrastinating nature.
I also really want to join a martial arts studio, I found a place that looks like it teaches some interesting styles, but my fear of being the new guy makes it hard to put myself out there. One day though, one day I will do these things.
I've taught Jiujitsu for 20 years. I love it when new people show up and legitimately want to learn.
Any place that's even halfway decent would have the same opinion.
Go check it out. Karate, Judo, Jiujitsu, doesn't matter. Just stay away from woowoo places that pretend it's magic, like Akido.
I kinda have this place picked out that teaches a bunch of different styles. I'm mostly interested in their blended class. Actually talking in this thread got me thinking about it again so I'm gonna go soon. First class is free so nothing to lose.
arts that come out of jujitsu like judo and akido have falls and that is an incredibly practical thing to learn. hopkido does it to but its very limited roll. jujitsu itself had the most with forward falls (which fyi is scary) and turn arounds.
yacht racing. polo. anything else that to do I would need to be wealthy. not that I want to do them I just want the cash.
FWIW apparently for polo it's the people that own the horses that need to be wealthy, because horses, and you have to have a lot of horses. The riders are usually doing it for fun and/or because they're good enough to get asked back.
This is going off the Jon Huertas episode of Once We Were Spacemen podcast so you know, grain of salt.
yeah I only thought of it because of one of the bs supplement with john walsh who is like. ooh after excersising my polo ponies Im in pain. my thought is. real great opening for making me think about you being like me. your polo ponies.
HEMA. The gear is expensive and the nearest club is over an hour away
Gaming. While I loved the arcade as a kid, I just cant seem to get into any modern game. Seemed like the more advanced they got the less I was interested. The last game I tried was RDR2 and gave up on the second mission. Just bored to tears.
I can only really stick at sim racing these days.
No story, no fetch quests, no save scumming or p2w bullshit.
Well open world sims might not be for you.
Arcade titles tend to have simpler stories and more immediate juicier primary gameplay loops. A very arcade-y game I like is Unrailed!. It's always hilarious with a group of friends. You might also check out Vampire Survivors, it's kind of a reverse bullet hell.
Swimming in gold like Scrooge McDuck.
Falconry. I mean, it looks bad ass but then you have to acquire maintain an avian predator that is expensive and likely hates you.
Dude, yes. This has been a secret wish of mine ever since I found out it existed, but I would have no idea where to start. It would be so cool though.
Motorsport, specifically drifting.
Mucking around in digital audio workstations.
Beekeeping! π
Homies are dying off and it seems like a way to help them and the world at large, even just a little bit.
The bar for entry, however - having a property with a large open space + learning how to do it safely + general time & material resources + not having enough generational wealth to retire early and comfortably to do these things I'd like - means that it's unlikely to ever happen. The thought of it is nice, though.
You don't need that much space, I knew a guy with about 2mx2m space in his garden for the hive and that was it. It's not like raising animals they just fly where ever
But beekeping is for honey bees, they're not in danger.
A lot of wild bees are in danger, though, but they're usually not domesticated.
Rally car racing. (or any motorsport that isn't F1 or boats/planes, really) But I'm too broke for that.
Machining. I have way too many hobbies already, no money and no space. But goddamn does creating things with my own hands scratch that ADHD itch for me.
Filming and starring in porn and not just collecting it.
thats easy. all you need is a smartphone and a consenting partner or object.
I wish I had the time to get involved with the hobbies I already have
I don't think I've had a decent chunk of a few hours of time with the energy to actually be creative in like a year now....
I hope I'm on the other side of this soon, life is supposed to be for living
Film photography. Far too expensive
Magic the Gathering. Seems fun but I can't justify new video game prices for individual cards
Nazi hunting.
Woodworking and just making shit in general. It's the main reason I'm so frustrated about not being able to own a house. I'm constantly thinking about things I'd like to build or learning about methods of doing things I'd like to try and I just can't. Closest I get is fixing shit for my friends sometimes.
Playing in a garage rock band
I've always been really interested in aeroplanes. If it wasn't β¬100 for 20 minutes, I'm sure I'd have taken a few flying lessons by now.
I fly a paramotor (powered paraglider) and it's the cheapest form of powered flight.
Costs about as much as a motorcycle to buy and run.
Gardening.
I love plants but I dont have the time to micromanage. Ive set up automatic systems in the past, and found that the plants that want to live will live. And just propagate those to hell. I have loquat trees that love neglect. I have grapes that are WAY overgrown that need trimming each year and produce way too much. Ive tried other things but one hot 110F+ (43-44C) day and most plants die. And we get months of that kind of weather.
Bird watching. I'm going blind in such a way that makes binoculars impossible to use, and am completely deaf in one ear, so I can't even tell which direction the calls are coming from π
Flying. AVGAS100 is fucking expensive.
I've got quite a few hours logged, tho
