You should play Factorio. Although there is a great risk you will never leave the house again.
Curious how you got on with the Rubik’s cube?
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I love twisty puzzles. My fave is the Ghost Cube. That one takes me a couple 2-3 minutes to solve.
Hey that looks cool thanks.
Great username btw.
Thank you!
Enjoy yourself.
Today, I got my nails done, my eyebrows waxed and picked out an áo dài for the upcoming lunar new year. I suppose I did enjoy myself ☺️
I'd play videogames, depending how much use you have of the hand. If you can use a controller or a mouse without discomfort I'd game. You could complete a lengthy RPG like Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 or Baldurs Gate 3. Or you could learn and play Dwarf Fortress or try and get as far as possible in Stardew Valley or whatever games you like.
Id also go out and walk - explore your city, or go hiking if you have nature near by. Its free and it beats being cooped up in your house.
Or you could make a start on a new skill. Like coding with freecodecamp.org or start learning a language.
9 days is a luxury - I'd even enjoy just lazing about, catching up with friends and family. You dont have to do anything meaningful - you could have some me time.
I can’t really go anywhere as I need to save as much money as I can to cover for missed time at work.
By far the most American thing I've read in a while.
Answering the question: How about reading some books?
Get well soon, OP!
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Play Factorio. The time will go by much quicker, and you'll feel productive and unproductive simultaneously.
Best description of factiorio.
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Dude just go buy some briefs and get back out there.
Watch a bunch of history videos and become a nerd :3 Channel recommendations (from easiest to hardest to get into):
- Oversimplified: They recently released part 3 on the second Punic war and in general they are very funny. Good for entertainment with history thrown in.
- Extra History: They focus on historical accuracy and making longer series (but shorter videos), generally they focus on less talked about subjects. For example they recently finished a series on the Pazzi conspiracy and started one on Frederick II.
- The Cold War: They focus exclusively on the cold war and go into great detail. They recently made a video on the Georgian civil war.
- The Great War: Same as above but for WWI, they go into extreme detail. Very long videos and very historically accurate. They recently made a video on the German surrender.
- Real Time History: They focus on extreme accuracy to the point that they very often describe the battles exactly as they happened in real time (as the name implies). They recently made a video on Russias military strategy.
Playing boardgames online.
Yucata.de is a community built website, where you can play any of 211 boardgames online for free, with people from every country of the world.
Small games to start with:
Mountain Goats
Ali Baba
Balloon Cup
Chinagold
Hey, that's my fish
Lemminge
That’s pretty cool! I had no idea one could play board games online. Thank you for the suggestions too!
There is no book you wanted to read?
I’m not much of a reader, though I would like to get into the Star Wars lore. I had not even thought of that, thanks! 🙂
Do you have any recommendations for what to read?
For Star Wars lore it really starts and ends with the Timothy Zahn trilogy. For years was considered the "official/unofficial Episodes 7, 8, 9."
Heir to the Empire (1991)
Dark Force Rising (1992)
The Last Command (1993)
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If your library has Libby (or similar), it can be interesting to read random "popular" books. I have found some good ones that way.
Just don't look at the title art, or read a description. Keeps things wild. (Time travel, end of world, or just lunch with friends? No idea.)
"Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine" is one example.
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Not a huge use of time, but add fap to your list. Keep your head clear.
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Setting up Paperless-ngx and scan up all the papers (which now can be recycled).
That's what I did with my last free days.
That’s really interesting! I don’t really have much that I would need to scan in, but the process would be a nice challenge.
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install archlinux
I don't know if 9 days is enough time.
In all seriousness though, installing and setting up Arch seems to be a bit over my head (and patience).
Although…I’d get to let everyone know that I use Arch… 🤔
Its not acturally difficult, as an Arch user (btw) some Arch users will convince you to manually install Arch (and you should at one point but you dont need to). You can use Archinstall and itll basically install like any other OS.
Oh wow, I always assumed it was too technical for me. I’ll try it today.
Read all 40 Halo novels.
Learn to play cdda (it's free and open source). Once you get the general flow of the game it's a great experience.
aavak on YouTube has a bunch of playthroughs to get you familiar.
I’m not too much of a gamer. I really only play COD Mobile these days. That game looks pretty cool though.
Qi Gong: a relaxing, low impact workout. Dozens of monks have youtube channels.
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play skyrim. it'll make the 9 days feel like 9 hours
Had a similar amount of time recently and rewatched the whole Buffy/Angel shows was quite a time killer. I remember doing similar with the stargate shows a few years back but yeah that's like a couple of months time investment.
I recently rewatched Buffy as well, but I've never seen angel, is it as good as Buffy?
It's ideally watched at the same time as Buffy from Buffy season 4 onwards because of crossovers but yeah it starts slowish but by the end the plot is really good actually to the point I think it's a little better than Buffy.
But yeah I think both should be watched together as kind of a combined show.
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I'd try to use that time to study a language I've always wanted to speak.
I'd probably fail and do something utterly unproductive, but maybe you wouldn't.
I’ve wanted to learn Vietnamese for a while now. I start and then kinda fall off after a few days. I might give it a go again. Good idea!
try running
Had the same deal last year when I tore an achilles tendon. :(
#1) Do what the doc/physical therapist tells you to do.
#2) It's OK to push yourself a little, but pain is your body telling you when to stop.
I figured out how to stream the PS5 and Xbox to the Steam Deck in the bedroom, your mileage may vary! :)
Dying to know though... boxers fracture? Hopefully a good story there! Always lead with your first 2 knuckles!
Thank you for your advice!
Always lead with your first 2 knuckles!
I wish I had 😅
Unfortunately it’s a bit of a sad story. My father and I are no longer speaking.
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A 33 tome long book series can't be finished in 9 days. Ascendance of a Bookworm is my favorite thing in the world right now.
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