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Re: Ask HN: Is there a hippie commune for hackers?

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Post by shaunxcode »

burgerbrain wrote: post #39
alexophile wrote: post #36

I spent some time on a farm that could liberally be called a "commune" and there's actually a ton of innovation to be had all over the place. Somewhere, I probably still have a moleskine with notes on the matter. A couple things I remember: -Crop Rotations: The texts I read about this subject were the result of some very painstaking note-taking, and keeping all this information straight can confound even the very stu…

>I probably still have a moleskine with notes on the matter. Why do people insist on telling us the brand of their notebook? It's just a book with some blank paper dude...

I think its more like how people call an "over head speaker system" a "tannoy" or adults over the age of 50 call any console video game system "the nintendo" etc.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a hippie commune for hackers?

#52

Post by yummyfajitas »

burgerbrain wrote: post #39
alexophile wrote: post #36

I spent some time on a farm that could liberally be called a "commune" and there's actually a ton of innovation to be had all over the place. Somewhere, I probably still have a moleskine with notes on the matter. A couple things I remember: -Crop Rotations: The texts I read about this subject were the result of some very painstaking note-taking, and keeping all this information straight can confound even the very stu…

>I probably still have a moleskine with notes on the matter. Why do people insist on telling us the brand of their notebook? It's just a book with some blank paper dude...

Much like Hemingway, who also wrote down his thoughts in a moleskine, I feel that there is no friend as loyal as a book.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a hippie commune for hackers?

#53

Post by erikpukinskis »

I met a couple of people about two years ago in Tennessee who lived in the middle of nowhere in a house in the mountains. They had a couple of solar panels that basically produced enough power to run an iMac so they could do some freelance design work to make money. They had a Verizon data card for net access.

Otherwise they lived like it was 1900.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a hippie commune for hackers?

#54

Post by burgerbrain »

shaunxcode wrote: post #51
burgerbrain wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I probably still have a moleskine with notes on the matter. Why do people insist on telling us the brand of their notebook? It's just a book with some blank paper dude...

I think its more like how people call an "over head speaker system" a "tannoy" or adults over the age of 50 call any console video game system "the nintendo" etc.

I think it probably has something more to do with this: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2009/02/24/122-moleskine-not...

Re: Ask HN: Is there a hippie commune for hackers?

#55

Post by proexploit »

organicgrant wrote: post #37

So I wasn't acting alone when I bought capitalistcommune.org a few months back? I have a 'giant' mansion...in Iowa...with open rooms for hackers. Hit me up, libertarian-capitalist-economical living can be a real ideal. See pic here: http://organicgrant.posterous.com/winter-home-0

That looks like a lot of the houses up by Dodge/Church/Brown streets Iowa City. Am I close? That'd be ~4 blocks from the closest UI building.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a hippie commune for hackers?

#56

Post by CERTIORARI »

burgerbrain wrote: post #39
alexophile wrote: post #36

I spent some time on a farm that could liberally be called a "commune" and there's actually a ton of innovation to be had all over the place. Somewhere, I probably still have a moleskine with notes on the matter. A couple things I remember: -Crop Rotations: The texts I read about this subject were the result of some very painstaking note-taking, and keeping all this information straight can confound even the very stu…

>I probably still have a moleskine with notes on the matter. Why do people insist on telling us the brand of their notebook? It's just a book with some blank paper dude...

It's called "descriptive detail", and can add atmosphere to your writing.

Why do people insist on telling us their pet peeves? It's just your pet peeve dude...

Re: Ask HN: Is there a hippie commune for hackers?

#57

Post by pyre »

burgerbrain wrote: post #54
shaunxcode wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think its more like how people call an "over head speaker system" a "tannoy" or adults over the age of 50 call any console video game system "the nintendo" etc.

I think it probably has something more to do with this: http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2009/02/24/122-moleskine-not...

So you're admitting that the only reason you made your previous comment was because you thought that the commenter was being smug and you wanted to put him/her in his/her place?

Re: Ask HN: Is there a hippie commune for hackers?

#58

Post by pyre »

erikpukinskis wrote: post #53

I met a couple of people about two years ago in Tennessee who lived in the middle of nowhere in a house in the mountains. They had a couple of solar panels that basically produced enough power to run an iMac so they could do some freelance design work to make money. They had a Verizon data card for net access. Otherwise they lived like it was 1900.

I can't imagine that they only used the iMac for design work, did they?

Re: Ask HN: Is there a hippie commune for hackers?

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Post by erikpukinskis »

pyre wrote: post #58
erikpukinskis wrote: post #53

I met a couple of people about two years ago in Tennessee who lived in the middle of nowhere in a house in the mountains. They had a couple of solar panels that basically produced enough power to run an iMac so they could do some freelance design work to make money. They had a Verizon data card for net access. Otherwise they lived like it was 1900.

I can't imagine that they only used the iMac for design work, did they?

They were doing some sort of web design I think, so.... I don't see why not?

Re: Ask HN: Is there a hippie commune for hackers?

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Post by catshirt »

CERTIORARI wrote: post #56
burgerbrain wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I probably still have a moleskine with notes on the matter. Why do people insist on telling us the brand of their notebook? It's just a book with some blank paper dude...

It's called "descriptive detail", and can add atmosphere to your writing. Why do people insist on telling us their pet peeves? It's just your pet peeve dude...

Agreed- even defining the notebook as a moleskine suggests a certain type of content. More so, it's a seemingly generalized trademark (like Kleenex or Xerox).

Why not call it a moleskine?

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