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kidbomb commented on Ask HN: How to be alone? · Posted by u/sillysaurusx

drojas · 4 days ago

I would NOT recommend dating apps, you will most likely not find a real connection there and given the circumstances it might give you anxiety you don't need. I have had a similar path and situation lately and some things that have helped me are group activities like playing sports (I play soccer), group gym activities (I attend a strength and conditioning class) and most recently Bible study (I became friends with a Christian group of my area and attend their meetings now). Developing a relationship with God has been a huge upgrade for my life which is hard to put into words, but we also need human contact, and I was praying for that for me last night and this morning before reading this. I will also pray for you to find someone with whom you can share your life forever and never be alone again. If I could only recommend one thing I would say start with exercise, preferably a group. You'd be amazed by how much it can help to cope with loneliness and how much it helps to improve mental health in general. God bless you.

kidbomb · 4 days ago

Most of my friends have either joined religious groups or running teams. I never realized that, besides the philosophical and health components, there was also a social one to it.

kidbomb commented on Ask HN: How to be alone? · Posted by u/sillysaurusx

kidbomb · 4 days ago

Gym has made wonders for me. Most of my friends are either on crossfit or running groups. I have joined a kickboxing gym. This helps you on multiple levels: - It provides you a routine - It makes you meet other people - It makes you exercise regularly

All of the above stave off the loneliness.

Also, get a hobby where you mind focus on one thing only. Play a instrument. Draw. Solve puzzles. Jimmy Carr had a similar issue and he started to play with legos.

kidbomb commented on Ask HN: How to be alone? · Posted by u/sillysaurusx

silcoon · 4 days ago

Some advice from my experience.

- Working remotely by yourself every day sucks. Get a coworking space, shared office, work from a cafe, at least a few days a week.

- Go out. Riding a bike, hiking or even bringing your dog out three times a day keeps you stimulated and makes your body moving. Go to the mountain, go to the beach, go to rivers and parks.

- Join clubs that interest you. You like cinema? Join cinema a cinema talk, a book club, if you like a sport join a club that organise communal things. Doesn't really matter what, since nowadays there are clubs for everything.

- Take a brake from internet. After work, keep yourself busy doing things that don't involve using a screen and even try some hard blocking method to avoid using tech in public spaces.

All this things might help you finding people to connect. Your initial answer should rewritten: "How to be alone?" -> "How to meet people?". The individualistic culture created in the last few decades, exacerbated by social media create a loneliness epidemic; kids have less friend, same for adults, so many people I met told me that online dating sucks, more and more people are using brain medication for anxiety and depression. The situation is not good and individualistic thinking clearly is not working.

The real trick is not learning to be alone, but re-learning how to make friends and share parts of life with others. Humans are social animals.

kidbomb · 4 days ago

> Working remotely by yourself every day sucks

The best thing is to have the OPTION to either work at home or at the office.

Sometimes, you need the focus. But sometimes, you need to see people.

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m-hodges · a month ago

Oh man RIP towel.blinkenlights.nl 23

kidbomb · a month ago

Anyone knows what happened with it? Maybe the creator would like to pass the torch?

kidbomb commented on Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming? · Posted by u/lemonlime227

bcherny · 3 months ago

Hey, Boris from the Claude Code team here. A few tips:

1. If there is anything Claude tends to repeatedly get wrong, not understand, or spend lots of tokens on, put it in your CLAUDE.md. Claude automatically reads this file and it’s a great way to avoid repeating yourself. I add to my team’s CLAUDE.md multiple times a week.

2. Use Plan mode (press shift-tab 2x). Go back and forth with Claude until you like the plan before you let Claude execute. This easily 2-3x’s results for harder tasks.

3. Give the model a way to check its work. For svelte, consider using the Puppeteer MCP server and tell Claude to check its work in the browser. This is another 2-3x.

4. Use Opus 4.5. It’s a step change from Sonnet 4.5 and earlier models.

Hope that helps!

kidbomb · 3 months ago

Does the same happens if I create an AGENTS.md instead?