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What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations? (lemmy.sdf.org)
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Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.

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[โ€“] 45 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Programming... Maybe not the most quirky, but just doesn't make for good conversation

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You know, sometimes I wish I had the time to do programming as a hobby. I have cool project ideas I want to make and then open source, but I just don't have the time.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Do 1 hour a week. Schedule it to make sure it happens.

    Consistency is more important than volume.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. What I usually liked to do is stream my working process on YouTube or Twitch even though nobody watched, for some reason the act of streaming while I was working made it for me more important to be more focused and I felt I had greater clarity because I felt I had to explain my ideas out loud.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I like the idea. The only thing is I would worry it would add extra effort to the whole process, making you think "oh now I have to setup the stream and everything... Nah". And just programming might seem much easier to "just start it".

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