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Hobbies that don't deserve their own thread Anonymage 02/17/18 (Sat) 19:55:05 No.41994[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Every other board has their own /general/ and it might be better to post about little known hobbies here, rather than have a new thread that gets 2 replies.

How about horseback riding?

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Anonymage 06/11/26 (Thu) 22:07:56 No.70670

>>70656
Do you rate beers online? Do you think about homebrewing? Would you tour breweries?

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Drawing Thread 11 Anonymage 03/18/25 (Tue) 12:55:05 No.68877 [Reply][Last 50 Posts]

All you need to begin drawing is a pencil and some paper

Feel free to post any drawings of yours in this thread. Illustration, doodle, traditional, digital - anything goes. Discussion on skillbuilding techniques and fair critique of other wizards' work is welcome.

Videos:

Tyler Edlin - https://www.youtube.com/user/TylerE2284
Proko - https://www.youtube.com/user/ProkoTV
Sinix - https://www.youtube.com/user/sinixdesign
Scott Robertson - https://www.youtube.com/user/scottrobertsondesign
Matt Kohr (CtrlPaint) - https://www.ctrlpaint.com/library
Aaron Blaise - https://www.youtube.com/user/AaronBlaiseArt
Vilpu (Anatomy) - https://mega.nz/folder/9Pw1lYaS#Me7LSwlSg59lNGmkj9tt4w/folder/lPoXEYxS

Poses/Gestures
QuickPoses -https://www.quickposes.com/en
PoseSpace -https://www.posespace.com/posetool/default.aspx
https://x6ud.github.io/#/ Animal Head Reference Finder
https://anatomy360.info/anatomy-scan-reference-dump/

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Anonymage 05/24/26 (Sun) 18:15:12 No.70615

>>70586
>I realize it probably isn't productive at my level to be painting/coloring yet but it's too fun
Having fun is really the only point of drawing. If you're not having fun, then why bother?

Anonymage 06/05/26 (Fri) 03:10:51 No.70657

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>>70490
I've also made this Coraline piece I'm really proud of, based mostly on the book, which I prefer to the film.

Anonymage 06/11/26 (Thu) 16:52:28 No.70667

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My shitty drawing done by using MS Paint.

Anonymage 06/11/26 (Thu) 18:40:47 No.70668

>>70667
cool penguin

Anonymage 07/19/26 (Sun) 03:51:05 No.70899

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I have an oil painting degree.
Haven't actually oil painted in a couple years due to apartment life and no studio space, so I try to mimic it with digital as best I can.

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archiving stuff on discs Anonymage 02/19/23 (Sun) 08:01:28 No.64175 [Reply]

anyone do this?

i burn discs, title them and then put them back on the spindle, so they stay in good condition

external hdds/sdd don't last very long

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Anonymage 07/17/26 (Fri) 21:18:23 No.70894

>>64175
kek I just did this considering how expensive memory is getting. Kinda bumed I burnt out my BlueRay burner because I couldn't find the original power adapter.

Anonymage 07/17/26 (Fri) 21:20:18 No.70895

>>70884
that's largely the benefit of analogue medium, though there might be software tools that can repair bit rot to a certain degree. Though I have doubts how well that software would recognize obscure file formats.

Anonymage 07/17/26 (Fri) 21:22:41 No.70896

>>64191
DVD's use aluminum? I know the problem with writable CD's is that they actually have a dye coating, and when you are "burning" the CD you are really just chemically changing the dye. Then the problem is the dye is organic based and will decay regardless of how well you protect the CD, especially if you leave it in sunlight.

Anonymage 07/17/26 (Fri) 21:25:13 No.70897

>>64208
Even magnetic tape is. You really can't fuck it up unless you put a neodymium magnet right on top of it. And if you are worried about heat you are more likely to boil water that bake the magnetic moment directions.

Anonymage 07/19/26 (Sun) 01:26:18 No.70898

Invested in a lot of blurays and backups and storage only to realize I don't have anything worth caring about enough to ever bother backing up.
Honestly most stuff hoarded at random I'm probably better of losing.

What even are you guys saving?

WIZTUBE, NEETTUBE, HIKKITUBE AND OTHER OUTCAST CHANNELS Anonymage 01/19/24 (Fri) 18:08:06 No.67098 [Reply]

Post youtube channels that are clearly made by a wiz, NEET or hikkis, and made for the same demographics and not for normies.

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Anonymage 11/09/25 (Sun) 02:12:36 No.70094

50 minute video on warhammer 40k tanks. He inserts a mattress ad though.

Anonymage 07/17/26 (Fri) 20:59:23 No.70890

don't mind me, just posting some comfy animal vids

Anonymage 07/17/26 (Fri) 21:00:19 No.70891

>>70890
sorry, youtube fucking autoplay

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Anonymage 07/17/26 (Fri) 21:03:44 No.70893

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Mathematics thread 1+1+1 Anonymage 04/09/23 (Sun) 13:14:05 No.64802 [Reply]

Recently I've become fascinated with tessellation and spent the past couple of weeks collecting pictures of mosaics from around the world. Eventually just looking at them was not enough and I want to go deeper, understand the geometric shapes and its secrets better. Not even sure why but periodic tiling feels like a brain massage to me, like I'm about to fall out of bottom of how I usually perceive the world around me. So I picked up the book Geometry by Cambridge University Press. Feel free to give a hollow laugh: I honestly thought I could just skip the math part of geometry (yes I'm an idiot) and appreciate its resulting surfaces. While you can do that, if you want to appretiate geometry even at a surface level, you need to know the bare minimum of maths. The book suggested a good grasp on the basics of linear algebra and algebraic structure. I thought 'OK, I'll read the wiki entries as a lazy primer' and quickly realized I forgot even the basics of mathematical symbols. I guess it's true after all, if you don't use it you lose it.

Long story short, I'm currently going through Pure Mathematics for Beginners. The good part of being dumb is when you learn a single thing it feels like a whole new world just opened up and it feels really good.

So yeah, maths thread.
Previous one; >>30554

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Anonymage 05/17/26 (Sun) 03:11:15 No.70587

I find being able to solve single variable calculus problems (possibly with a formula sheet) to be a much better marker of general intelligence and problem solving ability than iq tests or personality tests.
It's also depressing how much people would fail this

Anonymage 05/17/26 (Sun) 20:15:51 No.70588

>>70508
>making video gaymes in 2026
>thinks projective geometry is hard
brainlet moment

Anonymage 06/02/26 (Tue) 14:12:57 No.70643

>>70509
I remembered seeing something like this a long time ago;
https://khanacademy.fandom.com/wiki/Knowledge_Map

Looking into it, a related project was
https://github-wiki-see.page/m/metacademy/metacademy-content/wiki/Roadmaps

Kinda wonder what happened in 2013 that stopped the development and use of both :(

Anonymage 07/17/26 (Fri) 10:49:26 No.70888

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Planning to slowly work my way through this one, doing all the exercises. I'll use an AI to help me explain stuff when I get hopelessly stuck. We'll see how it goes.

Anonymage 07/17/26 (Fri) 11:59:15 No.70889

>>70888
I've been self-educating via Kahn Academy and a little bit of Google Gemini for a year now, I've made it all the way from 5th grade to highschool Geometry so far.

Alledgedly, Deepseek is the best for raw math ability, and it's got extended thinking on the free version, but I find Google Gemini is best for it's vast character-limit and ability to read PDFs and images I send well.

They're both good for conceptual explanations as you mentioned, but be very careful to not trust them to organize a full curriculum for you, as they'll leave out tons of critical lessons while telling you in full confidence they have covered absolutely everything with you. I actually just lost a week to that when I finally gave them a shot at that due to the vast drilling and bloat in Kahn Academy's Geometry class. So far I have found nothing wrong with their explanations, but this hasn't been falsified much.

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Wiz Book Club Reads: The Pastel City Anonymage 06/30/26 (Tue) 18:02:57 No.70718 [Reply]

Hey wizards,

Two other wizzas and I will be reading The Pastel City, a science fantasy novel by M. John Harrison, originally published in 1971.

We'll be following a schedule of one chapter per day. The chapters are about 10 pages long on average. After each day's reading, we'll come here and talk about it. I'll be posting a short daily commentary to help kick off the discussion, along with updates on our progress through the schedule. Of course, you're under no obligation to post anything if you don't want to.

We'll start on Thursday, July 2, so in just a couple of days. Check out the blurb for the novel:

A decaying world. Ancient powers long forgotten. An old warrior with one last battle to fight. The Pastel City is a mesmerizing journey through the ruins of a far-future civilization, where the remnants of lost knowledge mingle with myth and legend. Atmospheric, inventive, and unforgettable, it is a classic of science fantasy.

I'll be following along with this edition, which can be borrowed for free from Archive.org:

https://archive.org/details/pastelcity0000unse

You can choose a different edition if you prefer:

https://archive.org/search?tab=all&query=the+pastel+city&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22texts%22

To borrow a book from the Archive, you'll need an account. They only ask for an email address and password.

Come and join us for some whimsy literary fun.

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Anonymage 07/15/26 (Wed) 13:44:21 No.70881

>>70878
>I'm also curious to know how many of you actually finished it.
I did finish it but I fell behind a little towards the end. I'm surprised I did this well actually, I assumed I wouldn't be able to get past the first few chapters given how bad my attention span is.

It was a pretty decent novel, but I don't think I'm really interested in reading the sequels. Although it would be nice to know what happens I guess, it does feel like the end of this novel is a set up for a continuation. But I'm not burning with curiosity or anything. Especially if there will be a different protagonist. I really liked Cromis, so without him I don't think it would be nearly as interesting.

Anonymage 07/15/26 (Wed) 13:53:42 No.70882

>>70878
It's an okay experience

Anonymage 07/16/26 (Thu) 16:32:26 No.70885

>>70880
Most of the way thru ch.2 and, I'm getting a good impression so far.

It's set ~80 years after the events of Pastel City which means most of that book's main cast are long dead, except Tomb and the Young Queen Methvet Nian who's now the Old As Fuck Queen.

One interesting thing that's changed about the setting itself is this religion/cult/philosophy called The Sign of the Locust taking over the City, which seems at least a little wizardly?
>Life is a blasphemy,” announced the Sign. “Procreation is a blasphemy, for it replicates and fosters the human view of the universe.”

Anonymage 07/16/26 (Thu) 17:08:22 No.70886

>>70885
Derp, forgot to mention Cellur too, and by "taking over" I mean like the Sign's becoming harder and harder to ignore as their presence grows

Anonymage 07/17/26 (Fri) 10:23:04 No.70887

>>70880
>>70885
>>70886
Happy to see you got so involved in the book that you're now reading the sequel.

>>70881
Well there you go wizza, congratulations. It seems your attention span wasn't as burned out as you first suggested. Yeah I'm not reading the sequels either, not right away anyways.

>>70882
Not the most amazing fantasy novel out there, but it's short and it doesn't overstay its welcome. This is a rare gift nowadays.

Journaling Anonymage 06/16/25 (Mon) 10:47:34 No.69387 [Reply]

What's everyone's opinion on keeping a journal? I've been keeping one for 3 months now and it's a nice pass time.
I can write done my worries and look back on all the things I've accomplished

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Anonymage 07/14/26 (Tue) 05:58:51 No.70868

>>70864
I can assure you succubi making their cute diaries is not done for the sake of journalling itself. Feminine succubi are known for "content making" and making a video over a 5$ diary/a 25$ moleskin/a ??$ virtual journal/a flurry of dollar store notebooks/a (great)grandma's collectible diary, unfinished, almost unused and now reused as a heritage item - that's not exactly journalling for the sake of journalling. So take it easy and toss that "effiminate" label.

Anonymage 07/14/26 (Tue) 06:15:09 No.70869

>>69387
Sometimes vomiting out all my worries and neurotic thoughts on a page helps with acute feelings of anxiety or stress. But frankly I am too lazy to do this on a regular basis. Gratitude journalling has helped me notice small good moments in my daily life but that too requires discipline and I've fallen off. There's this quote that goes something like "How can I know what I think if I don't bring it to paper" and I guess there's truth to that, thoughts (with the exception of thought loops or rumination) are often quick-lived.

Anonymage 07/14/26 (Tue) 14:39:07 No.70873

>>70868
>5$ diary/a 25$ moleskin
Yes, I noticed that many of those succubi use these expensive diaries

Anonymage 07/14/26 (Tue) 21:20:13 No.70876

>>70868
>>70864
>>70873

succubi don't take journaling seriously. Real journaling is recommended by therapists, its been kept by many major historical figures, keeping one is mandatory for monks and religious people, who are often men. Lots and lots of writers, who are often male, keep multiple massive journals to record their ideas. Soilders keep journals to write about their experiences in battle. Priests keep journals to record their bible studies.

How is any of that feminine? Why would writing your insights be feminine?

But one thing I will say, have you noticed how succubi don't write anything personal or of value in their books? They spend so much money, I mean hundreds of dollars, yet fill it with crap? Absolutely nothing of substance. I think only that would be feminine. I've had the misfortune of encountering flip-throughs and they are some of the ugliest, most pointless crap I've ever seen.

Just buy a classic british journal, a fountain pen and go crazy. Don't think about it. That's what I do and I've come go enjoy it.

Anonymage 07/15/26 (Wed) 12:40:07 No.70879

Go Buckminster Fuller and document every day of your life.

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Pipe smoking/tobacco Anonymage 01/24/22 (Mon) 21:59:14 No.60825 [Reply]

Pipe tobacco is a hobby, right? There's the element of collecting pipes and trying various blends, which resembles wine tasting in how elaborately some people talk about them. Any wiz pipe smokers here? Any favourite blends you'd recommend? Show me your wizpipe(s) (no homo).

Here's my pipe and some tobacco I'm currently smoking. The one in the tin is Old Gowrie

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Anonymage 01/10/26 (Sat) 02:58:02 No.70307

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>>60825
Smoked many a pipe. Try a pipe with a wider bowl. You can create more smoke. You'll feel like a dragon.

Anonymage 01/13/26 (Tue) 07:24:33 No.70324

>>70307
Lum being a smoker, ай-яй-яй

looks classy tho

Anonymage 07/14/26 (Tue) 01:30:14 No.70866

ohhhhh I've been having so many desires to smoke! I see it everywhere around me! I cannot handle it anymore!

Anonymage 07/14/26 (Tue) 05:51:42 No.70867

>>70866
Saem

Anonymage 07/14/26 (Tue) 17:51:37 No.70874

>>70867
have you ever tried it?
I only smoked marijuana yet not tobacco. I say if I'm going to try tobacco, it won't be cigarettes but a good tobacco in a pipe, like op's pic

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Writing Thread Anonymage 08/04/22 (Thu) 23:34:09 No.62503 [Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Any type of writing is allowed, from lyrics, to poetry, to essays, and anything in between.

Last Thread:
https://www.wizchan.org/hob/featured/res/46012.html

Some discussion starters for the thread:

>What are you writing right now?

>What's your favorite thing to write about?

>Is there anything important about writing that you wish you knew earlier?

>What literary devices do you implement in your writing?

>Is there anything that you're planning to improve on in your writing?

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Anonymage 05/19/26 (Tue) 10:43:31 No.70597

>>69706
edgy/10

Anonymage 05/21/26 (Thu) 03:05:28 No.70606

>>70596
shit I misremembered, I read a different book by Dostoevsky called The House of the Dead, the entire book is about life in a prison. I'm sorry my mind is a mess right now.

Anonymage 05/21/26 (Thu) 12:57:33 No.70607

>>69706
you want to be cioran but for that one must spend so much more time alone and have insomnia and be old to truly become a pessimists

Anonymage 07/12/26 (Sun) 17:17:18 No.70858

I've started trying to write a fantasy novel. It's hard to write though. I knew it would be since I'm brand new at it and you can't expect to be good at something you are just starting out at, but it's still a frustrating feeling to realize everything I'm writing is shit and yet I still have to keep crapping it out anyway.

I've realized I'm overly verbose. Has always been a problem of mine and it's becoming a problem for the narration of the story. I think I can probably cut a lot of fat in my next draft and hopefully I should be able to improve some.

Anonymage 07/12/26 (Sun) 18:31:52 No.70859

>>70858
do you mind telling us the summary of your book?

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Reading Thread Anonymage 11/17/24 (Sun) 20:30:39 No.68295 [Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Book discussion. Tell us what you're reading.
Previous threads:
>>64932
>>60032
>>54504

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Anonymage 06/30/26 (Tue) 16:36:11 No.70715

>>70712
>>70713
>>70714
The Leibowitz readalong was just the guy suggesting it and me so it was not much of a book club. Are you the Leibowitz guy? I thought you hated the readalong from your posting tone because it was awkward with just two people. I'll probably join another readalong though because I like that it gave me a routine.

>do we wait until more wizards show up?
This place is dead but I think the reason you missed the readalong was because we were posting in the general reading thread. Maybe if we make new thread with eye-catching picture and kept it bump to the top of /all/ everyday you'd get one extra wizard.

Anonymage 06/30/26 (Tue) 16:43:27 No.70717

>>70715
Yup that's me. I didn't hate it at all, it was a nice experience. I had tried before with another book but nobody showed up. Leibowitz was a success as far as I see it.

Well if you guys want a thread just for The Pastel City I'll do it. We'll start this week. Maybe more people will join.

Anonymage 07/04/26 (Sat) 10:25:16 No.70795

>>70715
>this place is dead
Unlike /dep/, he-he

Anonymage 07/05/26 (Sun) 14:53:48 No.70810

finished reading 'à rebours' from Huysmans. the book is about a rich guy who lives alone with it's maids and butlers and hens basically a NEET and has a lot of intellectual ramblings but hens also sick. doctors say because he's a reclusive lifestyle and what he needs is to go out like normalfags do but he don't want to and at the end he must go and interact with other people
I was lost when I read the beggining but the ending chapters were more understandable. it's a ok book. I think it would belong to wizard core books with NHK

Anonymage 07/12/26 (Sun) 11:48:07 No.70856

>>70855
It depends on what prospective you're starting with and the one you want to have.

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