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SuperHappyDevHouse or Hacker Dojo? http://superhappydevhouse.org/ http://wiki.hackerdojo.com/ Also... List of Hacker Spaces - http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_Hacker_Spaces
I've been thinking about it for years. The only problem is that most programmers seem to be status quo capitalists bordering on libertarian. It might be easier to teach hippies to program than programmers not to be aspirational yuppie SWPLs. A couple of cults have gotten by on programming and/or web design, Aum Shinrikyo and Heaven's Gate come to mind.
yeah... I looked up heaven's gate earlier. I'm talking about a "do your own thing" place to eat, sleep, and code. not any sort of weird cult.
wouldn't a hacker hippie commune be more about building a robotic plow and spending your, now spare, time OCRing and analyzing old farmers almanacs to determine the optimal time to plant/rotate/water crops?
http://www.sproutrobot.com
SuperHappyDevHouse or Hacker Dojo? http://superhappydevhouse.org/ http://wiki.hackerdojo.com/ Also... List of Hacker Spaces - http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_Hacker_Spaces
Noisebridge is an active hacker space I go to once or twice a week: http://noisebridge.net
I just watched The Secret of Kells on Netflix and was wondering the same thing. The protagonist has a complete devotion to the creation of illuminated texts which seemed like a perfect stand in for [insert open source project that would illuminate the world here] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_Kells
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yeah... I looked up heaven's gate earlier. I'm talking about a "do your own thing" place to eat, sleep, and code. not any sort of weird cult.
In communes, you don't really do your own thing. I think you're talking about an apartment building where a lot of hackers live that has a hacking room instead of a gym. Or possibly efficiency apartments. Maybe you meant "common kitchen" rather than commune? Like a dorm?
The wikipedia entry for hostels kinda sums it up, including the picture of the taiwanese hostel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostel
A commune where you're left alone? A charming oxymoron.
A commune where you're left alone? A charming oxymoron.
Like a monastery?
What I'm imagining is a drop-in center / hostel for hackers. The wikipedia article on hostels kinda sums up what i have in mind:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostel
The pictures do a good job of showing what I had in mind.