Ask HN: What are some good ways to waste time?
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Come up with some ideas or pick random large/complex project. Think how it works and start googling for the terms then open blogs link in new tab and read only title and skim 2-5 new buzz words and then open new tab and again start goolong those buzzz words and repeat this process until you get tired. And before you close browser save all the tabs links so that you can waste your time next time by opening thoae tabs.
This is how I waste time on some days.. currently wasting time playing chess
Go out for a walk. Read a newspaper, magazine or book. Visit a coffe shop. Hang out with friends. Play board games. Start a hobby. Do some woodworking or sewing. Go to a museum. Visit a theatre. Go to the movies.
The possibilities are endless!
The possibilities are endless!
Scrolling, but make sure your feeds are high signal. I never liked algorithmic recommendation engines. I see what's on my plate for the day, consume it, and come out of it enriched instead of radicalized or brainwashed.
Browse youtube of other countries by changing location using vpn and language using translate and then search for interesting videos.
Listen to The History of Philosophy without any Gaps podcast. You’ll get a lot of insight into the evolution of human thought.
I see what you did there...
And raise you with: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33656628
And raise you with: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33656628
Reading fiction, Playing virtual reality games, Walking in the woods.
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Look up what the Wikipedia editors are doing (in real time) right now. You'll get insightful wiki rabbit hole session if you're lucky.