I’ve always loved flashlights. Yes FLASHLIGHTS with an A!!! Anyway, apparently not many people share my rather niche interest.

So I ask you, fellow Lemmites, what are your hobbies and weird obsessions that you can ramble on about for hours?

Please feel free to ramble on about your passions here. Maybe you’ll find some likeminded individuals!

  • @NightAuthorEnglish
    11•11 months ago

    Let’s see, I got adhd and up until well… next month when I get my first post-college paycheck… been pretty limited on funding. With that in mind

    • home automation
    • home server w automated media acquisition, and a random assortment of other services
    • Fixing things, started out of need to save money… but now I just enjoy doing it. From phones to cars, and soon clothes (just got a sewing machine)
    • Scripting/automating random tasks, like clipping all the digital coupons for my grocery store. Or auto booking vaccines back when they weren’t so easy to get.
    • I like a good sounding audio system / headphones… but idk if my small collection really constitutes a hobby.
    • wife’s got me birding a bit, she’s way more excited about it than I, but I always at least enjoy the walks, and occasionally see something neat.
    • oh yeah, photography, mostly to capture moments and places for myself… but I’m venturing into trying to get a bit more artsy to try and convey whatever it was that intrigued me to take the photo to others who weren’t there.
    • board games, but I like the social aspect, and I have a hard time finding people who aren’t like… idk what to call them, but people that seem to be autistic and have board games as a special interest. At least that’s who mostly goes to boardgame meetups around here.
    • I guess I like collecting useful tools, for the above fixing
    • VR intrigues me, and I’m starting a job soon where I’ll get to spend more time working in and developing for VR/AR/XR, and with the money from said job I’ll probably invest in some better home vr gear
    • in college, I really liked being a tech consultant for our student org, learned about and implemented everything from event live-streaming to documentation management systems to web hosting hackathon judging platforms.

    So yeah, idk… a little bit of everything

    • AbirdOPEnglish
      2•11 months ago

      I’ve been into vr for a few years. If you’ve kept up with vr drama, what is your opinion of Meta?

      And to your tools point, any favorite tools or multitools? I’ve been looking into multitools for a while but am very hesitant to pull the trigger on a leatherman.

      • Mbourgon everywhereEnglish
        4•11 months ago

        As someone who also watches it: the Quest 3 looks good, but it’s a dumpster fire of a company, the pass through looks usable. So I’m glad to see the Nreal (or whatever they’re called this week) getting close. And if you don’t mind being tied to a computer, every review of the bigscreen beyond loves it. But the $3t gorilla entering the room is either going to show that VR/AR/MR is good and here to stay, or that it will remain a niche for the foreseeable future.

      • @NightAuthorEnglish
        3•11 months ago

        I’m a geek, not a nerd. And I have 20/20 vision.

    • Mbourgon everywhereEnglish
      1•11 months ago

      Several of those (1: homebridge, 2: Plex/sonarr/haugene)can run in containers on a raspberry pi, just use an external USB Hard drive (not just memory card or thumb drive). So you can do that for a pittance . For board games, Tabletop Simulator or BoardGameArena will help you do it online with real people.

      • @NightAuthorEnglish
        2•11 months ago

        I got an intel 12100 running the server, its a solid efficiency chip and allows me to also transcode as necessary. Also, I’ve got a bunch of drives totally up to 24TB right now, I’m sure I could find a way to connect that to a Pi, but my build is efficient enough for me, especially with the price of power in the US. The price isnt super clear from the bill from our apartment, but the local rates are around $.16 / kwh

        As for Tabletop Sim, I realy do need to give that one a shot. I think I even already bought it, just haven’t played.

        • Mbourgon everywhereEnglish
          3•11 months ago

          TTS is good, it’s just better with a controller - honestly, I might buy a used Quest (fuck Zuck) , for a better experience. But Board Game Arena and Tabletopia both offer (for a fairly reasonable fee) a ton of people to play against.

        • AbirdOPEnglish
          2•11 months ago

          Table top Sim with vr is a guilty pleasure of mind. I highly recommend if you ever get the chance. A friendly reminder that you don’t need a new VR headset to play. Just go on Ebay and save yourself $100 on a used headset, because with new headsets always coming into the market, someone is always looking to sell.

        • Mbourgon everywhereEnglish
          1•11 months ago

          Ah! Okay, I misunderstood. Sounded like you were wanting to get into it with a limited budget, not that you were already into it.

          • @NightAuthorEnglish
            2•11 months ago

            Ah, I was just trying and failing to point out that I’ve managed quite a few hobbies in spite of limited funds. I might go a little nuts with the new checks I’ll be getting. :-)