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[–]  No.53574[Reply][Last 50 Posts][Watch Thread]

What are some hobbies that don't involve consuming anything? You purchase a 1 time item and very rarely if ever have to replace it. Learning yo-yo tricks would be a consumptionless hobby in this case. There are obviously thinks like whistling or playing the spoons too. The idea is it has to make as little foot print as possible while being something you can develop and grow at. Drawing wouldn't count because you need paper.
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>>66813
If you do end up working stone I highly recommend taking ventilation and breathing protection seriously.
The dust from that stuff fucks your lungs. It really doesn't take a lot to cause issues.

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>>66814
Would a mask be enough?

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>>66815
Depends on the mask and the general setup.

Like if you are cutting/grinding stuff wet then there would be very little dust. It which case a mask might not even be needed.

But if you were powdering silica in a hermetically sealed room with not even the faintest of air flow, while wearing a ski mask, bro you gonna die.

[–]  No.66828

>>66815
depends heavily on the particle size

if you are chiseling and carving stone by hand outside you dont need anything crazy

if you are sawing, grinding, cutting, etc and producing dust, then you need an air filter and dust collection and a mask tbh

for wood if you work by hand, you can cut, saw, drill, chisel, etc and you dont need a mask. the moment you use powered tools though you need dust collection and air filtering and sometimes a mask

i built a shelf outside today and the dust was so bad i had to walk away after every cut and wait for it to settle. this was with a breeze too

[–]  No.66913

>>66693
everytime you dont consume, you're not consuming idiot


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[–]  No.62533[Reply][Watch Thread]

Hello, /hob/. I like military. I also like air defence. Specifically, MANPADS. Today I will tell you about a russian MANPADS 9K38 "Igla", also known as SA-18 "Grouse" by NATO classification. I will teach you the basics of its construction, working principles, how to operate it and how to not die immediately after firing it at an incoming SU-24. Stay tuned, wizards.
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>>62551
Ukrainian army was/is mostly equipped with soviet/russian stuff overall.

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A Luftfaust anti-air "firestorm" launcher and ammo ca be manufactured with a basic 3D printer, some common tools, off-the-shelf chemicals, standard hardware store fittings, and a carbon fiber winding jig (cheap).

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Best way to shoot down a plane is another plane. Otherwise use AAA or SAM; beware SEAD/DEAD planes though.

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>>66800
F-2 is the best version of the F-16

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>>62609
those ear tufts are perfect


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I recently picked up this hobby of watching pop education videos on youtube. History, science, technology, futurology, philosophy etc. It really passes the time. And a quick 10 minute tidbit is very relaxing.

I especially find the science, technology, futurology, AI videos very uplifting from the usual pessimism I dwell on.
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[–]  No.65685

1992 reflections on the Cultural Revolution, with a lot of interviews from former participants.

Just a simple search of youtube yields so many shitty advertising vtubers and infographics, it's like no one invests the time anymore in obtaining primary footage.

[–]  No.66344

its crazy nyc is on the same lat as madrid

[–]  No.66643

I love longform videos reviewing video games. watch people review fnaf and fallout for hours

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[–]  No.66781

>>66780
There’s a link in the description to actually download and play the game yourself. It’s really cool


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[–]  No.41994[Reply][Last 50 Posts][Watch Thread]

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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[–]  No.66771>>66773

I edit Wikipedia articles.

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>>66771
>he does it for free

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>>66773
I'm too dumb for subtle vandalism.

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>>66774
Then you must routinely contribute a little to a ruse of your own over time. A little yang in your yin.

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>>52693
This hobby sounds pretty cool. The fact you're able to get people to test and break your game at all is also pretty cool. Glad you've been able to somewhat move on to a more rewarding hobby, though.


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[–]  No.45254[Reply][Last 50 Posts][Watch Thread]

Hello Wizzies, what podcasts do you recommend? i enjoy going trekking while listening to some relaxing podcasts to distract me.
I am currently listening to this one about the history of Japan and it's role in WW2
https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-62-supernova-in-the-east-i/
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>>64833
it's just a symptom of people having way too much time on their hands and wanting entertainment to multitask with. Almost none of the big podcasts are useful

[–]  No.66770

I enjoy this small podcast, in this one he chats with the writer of a small webcomic called Tree of Life X and its pretty cozy: https://youtu.be/JCpBRWRxwJM?si=x1ujFZAvszFidGdQ

[–]  No.66775>>66777

This guy has cool history-related shit.

[–]  No.66777>>66778

>>66775
What guy? Why not even post his name?

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>>66777
You know me so well!

Dude's name is Paul Cooper

https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/


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[–]  No.66524[Reply][Watch Thread]

How about a history thread? Anyone up for a history thread? I feel like a history thread. Any history!

The other day I was thinking about how disappointing it is that California doesn't have a recorded history that goes much further back than, like, 400 years or so. And I started thinking about how cool it'd be if a Mesoamerican civilization like the Mayans, the Aztecs, or the Olmecs had a colony in Southern California that was like over 1,000 years old and had ancient hieroglyphs describing the Mesoamericans' encounters with the native Californian populations. Would've been neat to have an ancient pyramid site somewhere here in Los Angeles that people could visit like the sites they have over in Mexico City.
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>>66734
Obviously in reference to the era before the one that began when the Romans introduced a new lunisolar calendar or whatever

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>>66735
No, it's Judic rejection of Christ

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>>66736
We're in the 2029th year since his birth.

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>>66733
without roads, wheels aren't terribly useful

you also need an axle, tools to shape all this stuff, further joinery to make something of a cart on top of the wheels

and even after all that brainpower, the wheels cant turn, really it makes sense no one made a wheel for a long time

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>>66744
by the wheels cant turn i mean like the cart cant turn or steer, the wheels are fixed


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[–]  No.62906[Reply][Watch Thread]

I've made a habit of collecting words. I.e. familiarizing myself with their definitions and basic histories. It seems to be a beneficial practice. Because not only do I use these words to communicate to others, but I use them when communicating with myself in my thoughts.

Over the years I've preferred to use the Oxford online dictionary. But now Oxford has replaced their online dictionary with a nauseatingly pretentious, spyware laden webpage dripping with grandiose self aggrandizing verbiage about how great they are, and how much they want to help you (for a fee this time). The change in their presentation reminds me of Facebook when they rebranded themselves to weta.

I'm having to revert to a paper dictionary now. I don't think dictionary.com has the degree of precision that I appreciated from Oxford. Do any linguists have suggestions for my next primary resource for learning definitions?

[–]  No.62908>>66681

Why, Wiktionary, of course. I use it all the time both as a dictionary for the languages I'm learning as well as to track etymologies in my known languages.
You may also like The endless knot ou jewtube.
Can't embed shorts: https://youtube.com/shorts/L3tltCMvj0I?feature=share

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>>62908
shorts are just regular videos presented in a shit interface made to destroy your brain like tiktok:

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power thesaurus:
https://www.powerthesaurus.org
etymonline:
https://www.etymonline.com

I also like to look name etymology, so:
https://www.behindthename.com

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>>66682
actually etymology part:


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[–]  No.50683[Reply][Last 50 Posts][Watch Thread]

This thread is for discussing your successes and failures with magic(k) as well as occultism and metaphysics.
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>>66562
Are you just bumping the thread?

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>>66565
Santeria is very expensive.

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I was wondering whether or not any of you here has ever practiced Santeria. What sorts of rituals or ceremonies or whatever have you had done? What did they entail and how much did they cost you? Who did you go to, and how did you know of them?

So far; I've had the following done:

Rogacion de cabeza (something like $60, $121, or $212). I've had this one done in 2016 and again in 2019.
Lebo and parado (over $750 or $1000). Both in 2019.

Many animals were decapitated. Roosters, goats, rabbits, doves…

I've worked with, like, two, three, maybe four babalawos (Santeria witch doctors). Two of them were close friends of the family for many decades. One died recently and the other is married to one of my aunts.

Was also wondering whether or not anyone here has tried Discordianism, Voodoo, Yoruba, etc. and how they compare to Santeria.

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>>66614
Discordianism is a very long running in-joke within the occult community, mainly related to chaos magick.
It isn't something that is taken seriously, especially by the practitioners.

As for the other stuff, I only speak English and I am not apart of those cultures so it goes into the "not for me" category of stuff.
My knowledge could be bested by a careful reading of a decent encyclopedia. So I have no comment on them.

[–]  No.66628

John the conqueror - root and/or oil anyone? Any experiences with? I Lost my root unfortunstely, but did have some pretty good gambling wins back when i still had It funnily enough…


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[–]  No.66372[Reply][Watch Thread]

Sumerian enables us to read ancient cuneiform, texts from the earliest surviving versions of Gilgamesh to religious writings about Enki.

Only useful to historians? Learning an ancient language ALSO expands the mind. Allows you to create sort of mental richness.

All things from useful links to books you recommend are welcome.
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>>66446
they probably were muscle men who dress like succubi in jojo

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>>66447
Here's a depiction of Puabi.

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Ok sure you could learn Sumerian, but also Assyrian or Akkadian or even Aramaic, maybe even Middle Egyptian. Why just Sumerian?

[–]  No.66467

> Aramaic

Aramaic is kinda weird. Its most famous as the language Jesus spoke, and used in The Passion.

They were a pretty minor people living just north of Israel from Lebanon up to southern turkey.

They never had a big empire of their own. But their language was adopted by the Akkadian empire.

I think their alphabetic influence goes all the way out to Mongolia and Manchuria.

[–]  No.66469

>>66446

Person who started thread here. The fact that there have been male and female "kings" afterwards in various civilizations, and that they probably had leaders, and that they had a word for "king", and they did not have a word for "demomcratic president" or "samurai warlord", and that they likely did not know many foreign civilizations, gives me very heavy probability that they had a kings. Since fictional leaders are less prevalent than actual leaders in records, and they likely had kings, it's also probable the kings in the list were more or less real.


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[–]  No.66411[Reply]>>67821[Watch Thread]

Today I decided I am interested in "alchemy", also known as distilling or booze-making.

I create this thread to get recomendations for theorethical texts from you, from the most rudimentary to most complex, because I want to get the theory.

But this can also be used to exchange anectdotes, tips, pictures, questions, recipes etc. on making alcoholic beverages.

[–]  No.66425

Tried this once. Potion failed. I just couldn't drink it, which is saying a lot for me.

[–]  No.66428

In my 6th grade book on the Ancient Egypt they talked about how they made beer out of fermented fruit buried underground. so i stuck a bunch of fruit and flour in an oatmeal box and buried it in my backyard.

[–]  No.66429

I've made cider and it was dead simple. If you pick the apples yourself they have natural yeast on their skins, so just juice them whole, strain out the bits, and let it sit for a week and there you go.

[–]  No.66439

>>66438
maybe alcohol can be even more valuable than gold, like the whisky rebellion

[–]  No.67821

>>66411 (OP)
Much better if you learn how to make vinegar out of booze. Or glucose out of sacarose


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