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

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Post by joshes »

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...

I am aware you are being facetious...

But by questioning why he voiced his argument, you validated his argument and thus the reasoning behind it. Your question, posed as such, answers itself, in a way.

What beauty.

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

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Post by citizenkeys »

whimsy wrote: post #45
michaelnovati wrote: post #18

You can also check out the Palo Alto Hacker House, http://www.facebook.com/hackerhouse

or http://hackerhouse.bluwiki.com/

that page says its hasn't been updated since april. i am curious about the current tenants.

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

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Post by citizenkeys »

oscilloscope wrote: post #21
philfreo wrote: post #10

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

Noisebridge has the right idea. If you've never been there, just show up and hang out awhile. Seriously.

Only thing about hacker spaces in general is "no sleeping". My vision involves a place to sleep and take a time-out.

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

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Post by citizenkeys »

JesseAldridge wrote: post #40
citizenkeys wrote: post #16

Some clarification: Commune does not mean being without internet, nor does it necessarily imply growing food. Think about it: if we had bunk beds, we could stack hackers on top of each other to save space. Compress at least twice as many in the same space. And if we bought food in bulk, we could eat better on the same amount we ordinarily need to live on ramen budgets. All this being said, I am broke, broke, broke! I…

Let me know if you figure something out. I've got $4000 in the bank. Rent is by far my largest expense. Solve that problem and your runway length approaches infinity.

If you have the cash to buy a place, then all you need is utilities and property taxes, which are comparitively low.

There are some people whose savings draw enough bank interest to cover such things.

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

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Post by danenania »

burgerbrain wrote: post #70
pyre wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Alternatively, I googled it after being dumbfounded by the seemingly random specificness of the post (does anybody say "I had a few beers while I watched my Panasonic"? No, everyone just calls TVs "TVs"), and discovered that the poster was just making an attempt at being smug.

The guy writes an interesting and informative post, and the part you latch onto is how he refers to his freakin' notebook?

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

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Post by AdamTReineke »

organicgrant wrote: post #62
proexploit wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

House is in Cedar Falls, Iowa (University of Northern Iowa) Though it has a CS department, hackers will respect its reputation for producing Elementary Education teachers (make proper inference here) and the highest pass rate for Accounting majors taking the CPA exam.

Since we're discussing Iowa, I live in a trailer house in Ames and have a spare room. I'm five miles off the ISU campus, just outside the north edge of town. adam at reineke.me

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

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Post by dstein »

commune... be left alone...

Bay Area... little cottage...

hackers... plow the fields...

I don't think you've decided what you really want here.

If you want to live in a small, communal, hacker workplace in the Bay area, then you should join or create a technology startup.

If you want to plow fields, live in a small cottage, and be left alone, you should buy a small house in the countryside.

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

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Post by alexophile »

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…

Alright. I called it a moleskine because that's what we called it on the farm. We ordered them like a dozen at a time and everyone used them. Truth be told, I didn't even consider calling it anything else. I wasn't trying to be smug, I used the term that matched with the image in my head of what I was describing.

Edit: We used the Volant X-Small, which is part of why nobody called it a notebook. (http://officesupplygeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/moles...)

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

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Post by danilocampos »

burgerbrain wrote: post #70
pyre wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Alternatively, I googled it after being dumbfounded by the seemingly random specificness of the post (does anybody say "I had a few beers while I watched my Panasonic"? No, everyone just calls TVs "TVs"), and discovered that the poster was just making an attempt at being smug.

TV's are commodities. There's no important difference from one brand to another. Moleskines, by merit of their unique design and brand identity, are in a different boat.

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

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Post by edanm »

berntb wrote: post #42
maxaf wrote: post #34

Have you considered moving to Israel and joining a kibbutz?

Isn't there a three years mandatory military service if you move there permanently before 4X years of age...?

I don't know details, but I'm pretty sure that only applies if you're seeking citizenship. Also, at older ages, the amount of service you have to do goes down considerably.
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