Do It Yurtself • Hacker News Board

Re: Do It Yurtself

#11

Post by lostlogin » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 4:01 AM UTC

There is reference to the posters taking a week of peace to help out. How much leave is the statutory minimum? Is just one week common?

Re: Do It Yurtself

#12

Post by tty7 » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 4:02 AM UTC

starpilot wrote: post #7

Some terrible, hyper-critical comments so far. A 3d-printed concrete cube with a fridge full of Soylent would be vastly more efficient for productive techies. Can't we just admit that this is an incredibly creative hybrid of old & new. The end result is breathtaking.

Some terrible, hyper-critical comments so far. A 3d-printed concrete cube comment with a fridge full of Soylent would be vastly more efficient for productive techies writing comments on HN. Can't we just admit that this is an incredibly creative hybrid of old & new commenting. The end result is breathtaking comments.

Re: Do It Yurtself

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Post by oh_sigh » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 4:04 AM UTC

There's a major oversight on the design. How can Maya get to the bedroom?

Re: Do It Yurtself

#14

Post by war1025 » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 4:05 AM UTC

They had one of these (Sukup Safe-T-Home)[1] at my hometown county fair this year and it seemed like a very interesting take on the yurt. It's basically a grain bin that they've modified slightly to work as a shelter.

Definitely spent a few minutes fantasizing about having one of these as a cabin in the woods someplace.

[1] http://www.safethome.com/Safethome

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Post by jazzyjackson » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 4:08 AM UTC

lostlogin wrote: post #11

There is reference to the posters taking a week of peace to help out. How much leave is the statutory minimum? Is just one week common?

In USA there is no law requiring paid leave, 2 weeks is common in salaried / full time positions, 4-6 weeks is uncommon.

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Post by oh_sigh » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 4:08 AM UTC

starpilot wrote: post #7

Some terrible, hyper-critical comments so far. A 3d-printed concrete cube with a fridge full of Soylent would be vastly more efficient for productive techies. Can't we just admit that this is an incredibly creative hybrid of old & new. The end result is breathtaking.

I think people are turned off by the near professional quality of the photos for some reason. The one of the guy using the router in slo mo could be out of a Craftsman commercial.

Re: Do It Yurtself

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Post by dewey » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 4:09 AM UTC

Looks a bit more optimized for Instagram aesthetics than being practical [1]. It seems like it would get pretty warm in there especially with the bed being at the highest point of the whole yurt.

[1] https://www.instagram.com/youdidnotsleepthere

Re: Do It Yurtself

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Post by jsonne » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 4:09 AM UTC

This looks really incredible! While I see a lot of cynicism in the comments I think this is a really neat project and would love to live in something like this. I love how remote work and self employment let arrangements like this be a viable way to live.

Re: Do It Yurtself

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Post by wmichelin » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 4:10 AM UTC

zapstar wrote: post #4

nine_k wrote: post #3

tl;dr: man builds a home out of 30ft yurt, with modern amenities, in the countryside. The post is a photo report.

Hopefully he didn’t yurt himself building it.

_slow clap_

I applaud you

Re: Do It Yurtself

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Post by oh_sigh » Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 4:11 AM UTC

irrational wrote: post #9

Is this Portland Oregon or Portland Maine? I thought it was Portland Oregon, but then they mentioned the footings were 12 inches below the frost line, and there basically is no front line in Portland Oregon since the winters are too warm and rainy. But I assume there is a frost line in Portland Maine.

The exterior shots look way more like Oregon than Maine. And Portland OR government regulations list the frost line as 18".