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    I post and share photography. Some of my works that I think are mediocre get a lot of attention, and some of my most-loved works are nearly ignored.

    But I post for me.

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    I am asking because I stream really boring streams all the time. People are welcome to tune in and check out, and there is no expectation of interaction at all. If someone gets some joy out of watching someone fly in a flight simulator listening to chill music for hours at a time, that’s great.

    It reminds me of this youtuber, who has thousands of videos with almost no views.
    https://www.youtube.com/@TheImprovyssey

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    I create open source apps (mainly for my own needs). All of them have zero forks and zero stars, but I don’t mind. I love architecting apps and who knows if someone might find any of them useful someday.

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      Yeeee absolutely! I always wash my hands when I go back inside my house anyway, so if I’m heading back and on-foot, I’ll pick up random stuff if I see any.

      If anything sharp is where feet or tires will be, I’ll always go out of my way to pick it up though, even if it’s not convenient. No good!

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      friend of mine is coming off a bender, after two nights in the hospital. Don’t do this. google “wet brain.”

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        “Google wet brain” feels a bit like responding to “I enjoy a bacon sandwich” with “Google triple bypass surgery.”

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            Fair point. But there’s a gulf between daily alcohol dependency—pounding hard liquor all the time—to three hours of beers on a Saturday evening, no?

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              Just don’t let it get out of hand. My friend has been out of the hospital, dry and on librium for three days and still can’t pass a field sobriety test.

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                I hear you, brother, and I hope your friend gets well. But I’ve been doing this for decades. I have a wife, kids, and family. I know my limits, Amigo. Be well.

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              Depends how many beers you’re drinking in those three hours. Three to five, that might be okay if you’re not drinking the rest of the week and keep your vitamin levels up. In my drinking days I could easily put away eight or more in that time though, and that is excessive to a damaging degree if done weekly. Maybe you used the term “to excess” more as a stylistic flair to an internet comment, but it draws to my mind the latter scenario more than the former. I do think it’s very interesting that you gave a time frame instead of a drink count, which is the more typical measure of how much one drinks.

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                I’m thinking Saturday or Friday night, early evening, finishing at bedtime. I often meet friends on one of those days, and we do get drunk. I should probably add that I’m Scottish. It’s pretty normal where I’m from. I’m not saying it’s good for you (it definitely isn’t).

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    I have websites that provide technical information on several subjects.

    I don’t have ads, I don’t SEO. I just enjoy sharing free knowledge on the internet.

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      Link? I have a similar thing at samartean-rares.com/. I post whatever info that felt relatively hard to get to me, practical work or whatever I think people may find useful. And yea I don’t think anyone found my website so far but it’s whatever.

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    I started playing bass guitar on Rocksmith about 5 years ago. I’m in the top ten on most songs on the medium difficulty, and have almost 1000 hours in the game.

    I’ve never actually played bass in front of anyone other than my ex, and I’ve never really tried to play without the game.

    At first I thought I wanted to get good enough to join a band, or at least play along with my family, all musicians, when they get together, but it turns out I just really enjoy spending a Friday night with a half pint of whiskey and jamming alone with headphones.

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    Drawing, I did a drawing recently of my persona Mew. I saw a movie with a drawn character and I became inspired enough to sit and draw for once.

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    I do quite a bit of unauthorized trail maintenance. I guess helping other people is a big motivation for it but it’s not like I get any credit for it as nobody is there to see me do it. It’s just something I do because I then feel good about having done it.

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    Exercise. Partly because I’ve gotten into a sport, but I also just enjoy seeing myself get into better shape even though I’m getting older. Things that felt physically impossible to do 90 days ago feel like a breeze now. Being at my desk for 8 -12 hours out of the day is way more exhausting than spending 2 - 3 hours at the gym.

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    Donating to KDE and Signal. Though now that I’ve said it, it’ll sound like I do it for validation…!

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    Hiking: There is a small state park about 4 miles from my house. I go there on my lunch break and take at least a 2 mile hike. If it’s a day where I’m not busy I’ll go as much as 4.5 miles.

    I’ve loved hiking since I was a teenager. It’s my “me” time where I put in my earbuds and listen to an audiobook and just disengage from the rest of the world.