15:[[49101448,{"by":"adityaathalye","descendants":20,"id":49101448,"kids":[49102286,49103844,49106213,49101644,49102344,49103313,49106745,49101868,49106551],"score":10,"text":"If you are anything like me, you will have about five answers at any given point in time for "What are you curious about?".

Arguably, a more interesting, revealing, and kinder question is; "What have you been curious about?".

I feel a looking-back-to-curiosity exercise has power to shed light on where to look ahead (and why to do it). More so, I feel it has power to grant permission to that "insatiably curious thirteen year old self" to step out and play. Because it probably already has been up to something, while your attention was elsewhere.

So, here is a prompt (see what I just did there? ;-))

Um... Except for LLM stuff, if you please. Just for this thread. Because these days the plurality of HN discussion appears to be about the curiosities of LLMs.

(cf. More about this in a blog post I published a while back https://www.evalapply.org/posts/what-have-you-been-curious-about/ )","time":1785350967,"title":"Ask HN: What have you been curious about?","type":"story"}],[49095386,{"by":"wofo","descendants":46,"id":49095386,"kids":[49164288,49164237,49164446,49164263,49164564,49164307,49164258,49164459,49164426,49164153,49164030,49095592,49164305,49164495,49164389,49164085,49164135,49164042,49164174],"score":33,"time":1785319370,"title":"That time when I failed the Microsoft interview","type":"story","url":"https://ochagavia.nl/blog/that-time-when-i-failed-the-microsoft-interview/"}],[49078588,{"by":"totaldude87","descendants":22,"id":49078588,"kids":[49079140,49078922,49080862,49082589,49080893,49080101,49080017,49086208,49080546,49079190,49081598,49078673,49088329,49078616,49078646,49081517,49088231,49120907,49084855,49086691,49080658,49080636,49079424,49083798,49087157,49089971],"score":14,"text":"I’m curious what people here are working on lately.

What are you building right now?

Apps, tools, experiments, weird side projects, anything. Would love to see what folks are making.","time":1785206276,"title":"Ask HN: What apps are you building?","type":"story"}],[49058923,{"by":"pixelbyindex","descendants":9,"id":49058923,"kids":[49068861,49061609,49073576,49059596,49061636,49062682,49059603,49065845],"score":3,"text":"$16","time":1785078604,"title":"Ask HN: I spent personal money on game dev. How to turn stalled project around?","type":"story"}],[49062515,{"by":"charliebwrites","descendants":22,"id":49062515,"kids":[49062556,49062657,49064150,49076165,49064304,49081486,49063472,49070432,49078716,49088021,49066616,49066865,49062619,49101146,49068907,49079616,49081146,49075505,49074968,49066759,49068648,49065839],"score":12,"text":"I've been in tech for 15 years now. A lot of what I loved about it has changed, and I'm now at a crossroads where I have an opportunity to leave and do something else.

I ended each day of my old jobs exhausted, and never had the energy to do or try the things I thought I was interested in.

I am now in my mid 30s and find myself with a ton of free time. But I am finding I have no idea what I want to do.

Nothing that used to interest me interests me anymore. The things I think I might like I for whatever reason don't have the energy to do or try them.

I feel like I've been in survival mode for so long I dont know what my passions are. How do I find them again?","time":1785100795,"title":"Ask HN: How do you figure out what you're passionate about?","type":"story"}]]

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