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Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?
Last February there was, in my opinion, a really uplifting thread with the same title¹. I'd like to see all the cool new things going on, and I'll steal the intro text from as89 to explain:<p><i>One where you don't care if it makes money or gets a lot of attention, but you are working on it regardless. I don't think I mean private hobbies, exactly, but projects that could or will be shared with others - you just don't care about the outcome.</i><p>¹ <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25992782" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25992782</a>
Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data protection authority
Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a single FM radio station
Words known better by males than females, and vice versa
Starlink lost 40 satellites to a geomagnetic storm
The data are clear: The boys are not all right
Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy
Heuristics that almost always work
Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone
Show HN: SHA-256 explained step-by-step visually
Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost?
I am turning 35 years soon and I feel like I haven't achieved much, both personally and professionally. I have held jobs in small and big companies for mostly for 1-2 years each, traveled and lived in different countries, had 2 failed startups, and have about $500k in savings. I am single and haven't had a serious relationship for many years now.<p>As time went on, I started feeling less excited about everything, personal or work related. I used to be excited about new technologies, but not these days. I feel like I've seen most things before, and it's all just different iterations of the same. I increasingly wish I could go back to my 20s. Now I feel too old to go to festivals, bars and clubs and make new friends that way.<p>This has been a recent change for me. When I was ~30 I still considered myself young and able to do anything I could do when I was in my 20s. But not anymore now. I feel like my time for everything is running out. Have you been through a similar thing? How did you deal with it?
The EARN IT act is back, and it’s more dangerous than ever
Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract
Poll: Where do you live?
I read a tweet that referred to HN as "Silicon Valley", which struck me as odd because I suspect most HN users, like me, are located elsewhere. This piqued my curiosity about where HN users are located, so if you don't mind me asking, where do you live?<p>Edit: Sorry about the randomized ordering (I forgot HN does that for polls). Thanks ahead of time for using cmd+f or the equivalent to find and vote for your state or country. Also, each US state is included as "US: {state name}".
Amazon Pip Horror Story
Facebook loses users for the first time
Tesla to recall vehicles that may disobey stop signs
Moderna’s HIV vaccine has officially begun human trials
The New York Times buys Wordle
Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a different web