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Post by pilom »

sethammons wrote: post #236
pilom wrote: post #220

I "retired" at 33 after working in tech for 12 years and saving a ton of money. With my free time I run a fun hobby business teaching kayaking which is way more fun and brings me way more happiness than anything I did in 2019 or before.

What do you do for health insurance?

Like what is stated elsewhere, when my wife wasn't working, we were on the ACA exchange. She's now working for fun again at a company that offers it as a benefit and so I'm on hers as it's a slightly better plan at a similar price to an unsubsidized ACA plan.

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Post by edgyquant »

redisman wrote: post #48
edgyquant wrote: post #44

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I spent the past two years being a digital nomad (within the US) and I have a pitbull and a cat. Just have to make sure the destinations are a days drive (or take a plane) so the animals aren’t going insane.

My dog does seemingly fine on multi day road trips. He’s pretty much a napper though so doesn’t make much of a difference for his plans

Mine does as well normally, but I also have a cat that makes it difficult. Though I will say when I drove from New York to Washington state, a four day trip, the dog looked so wore out I couldn’t bare to take her through that again.

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Post by ildix »

OrbitRock wrote: post #392
sprkv5 wrote: post #381

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This. This is exactly what I started watching last summer to keep myself calm and optimistic through the pandemic. The channels I watch are - Nomadic Ambience[1], NIPPON WANDERING TV[2] and IURETA e[3]. Here are my favorite[4] video[5] walks[6] from Japan. Hope you like it. As for other places, here's two from NYC[7][8] and another from Olympic National Park[9] which is not a video walk per se, but would appeal to fo…

I’m wondering what camera would be best for this kind of thing? I’d love to make some.

The new Insta360 GO 2 would probably work really well for these type of videos:

https://www.insta360.com/product/insta360-go2

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Post by etattva »

1. Able to work in backyard on a beautiful day with kids playing around me in the summer. Loved it. 2. I had home gymn but never used much and now making good use of it. 3. Food automation: This was something big. We used to sepnd a lot of time cooking fresh food. Most of time spent is on the prep. I hate washing many dishes after every meal. Dishwasher helps but pig pots and pans, need to be done by hand. Then I found a solution. We made a sauce/paste from onion,jalepenos, garlic and 7-8 spices.Then anytime we want to cook, use this sauce to beans, chicken, minced meat, rice and under 10 minutes you get nice tasting fresh food. Have made 20 varities of food so far including orange chicken, chicken tikka. Launched this with the help of kids and wife. https://mealgenie.co/ Planning for a kick starter campaign now.

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Post by xtac »

meken wrote: post #476
derwiki wrote: post #295

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What do you mean by nice: new/clean or expensive?

Mm just something that you are comfortable in and feels good to be in. I got a 2018 Camry XSE, so it's got nice comfy leather seats. Arguably the best thing is having CarPlay. Such a nice UI for listening to podcasts/audio books, texting, calling.

So you go places by yourself? or with others? How do find so many podcasts/content to listen to. Also do you ever get out at your destinations besides hotels? I'd love to know more about this. I love driving but I find I have no where to go. I'd love to chat

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Post by tazjin »

reducesuffering wrote: post #526
tazjin wrote: post #237

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I'm hesitant to go into detail about this on HN because people on here will do their best to attack/criticise and there's not much to be gained from that. The short version is that the last year's politics have uprooted a lot of beliefs I held formerly that are common in Europe (some examples: stereotyping Americans in certain ways, having the acceptable view on the Democrat/Republican divide, assuming that society w…

> the Russian government being evil You might want to pay attention to Navalny's expose and the litany of assassinations they've been clearly implicated in...

You might want to look into who Navalny was before he got famous in the West (and what kinds of things he said), and what grounds the various claims surrounding this stand on.

Re: Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?

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Post by cmdalbem »

rococode wrote: post #40

Video walks on Youtube. If you haven't heard of them before, they're simple first-person videos where the filmer walks around some area with a stabilized video camera - no talking, just walking. I've really missed traveling and watching video walks while exercising has been a great way to satisfy that travel craving a bit and also trick my brain into experiencing some semblance of normalcy (not sure I could remember…

That's amazing to hear so many people are getting so much happiness from this kind of videos! It was this same feeling that inspired me in the beginning of the pandemic to create a website with all the best videos I found out there, and I invite you all to take a look:

https://escapista.app

It's like a live TV that streams this kind of videos 24h/day. Just tune in, choose what category you prefer and enjoy :)

(disclaimer: it's completely free, open source and all views and ad revenue goes to original content creators. I earn nothing with it, it's all for the love for this kind of content and the potential positive impact it can have in all of us stuck at home at these challenging times)

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Post by reducesuffering »

tazjin wrote: post #537
reducesuffering wrote: post #526

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> the Russian government being evil You might want to pay attention to Navalny's expose and the litany of assassinations they've been clearly implicated in...

You might want to look into who Navalny was before he got famous in the West (and what kinds of things he said), and what grounds the various claims surrounding this stand on.

I'm fully aware of Navalny's history, all politicians are flawed in some ways, and Navalny is even moreso. Do you think that assassination is acceptable for that? The evidence for the poisonings is ironclad by any world measures except RT. Remember, this is about the Russian government's abhorrent "evil" behavior. Your whataboutism is a weak defense.

I don't know how you can dispute them literally catching the FSB agent admitting it: https://youtu.be/ibqiet6Bg38?t=349

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Post by 11thEarlOfMar »

JacobSuperslav wrote: post #522
11thEarlOfMar wrote: post #299

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How do you like Tenerife?

It's pretty darn good. My dream destination is northern Australia/Queensland but with my work setup the visa would be very difficult/would have to invest a lot of money to be able to move there with my family.

If you happen to still be lurking...

I live on the US West Coast, but looking for new environs. What I like most is the San Jose/Santa Barbara/San Diego weather and Tenerife (Canary Islands, yes?) is very close. What do you like/dislike about life there?

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