Ted Kaczynski did it before it was cool.
Do It Yurtself
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#52Amazing job. Wish the plants were real. Pic from the glass roof of the starry night is a must.
The plants are real, it's just that they are not directly planted in a planter with soil but the plants remain in their plastic pots (which do have soil in it).
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
The exterior shots look way more like Oregon than Maine. And Portland OR government regulations list the frost line as 18".
That's crazy. In the 2 decades I've lived in Portland, I've never seen more than the top inch or two freeze, and that's typically only for a few days to a week when a real cold snap sets in. Then it starts raining again and quickly thaws out. I can't imagine it has been cold enough for long enough to freeze down to 18" since the last ice age.
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#54Wow, imgur has really ramped up the ads and user hostile UX, I wonder if they are going broke.
Imgur for a while has been hostile to non users for a while but never enough for me to outright dismiss a link simply because it's Imgur. They ride the line between functional and hostile tightly.
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#55Is 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.
I guess that means the footing is only 12 inches deep.
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#56Amazing job. Wish the plants were real. Pic from the glass roof of the starry night is a must.
I wonder what is carbon dioxide concentration before sunrise, it must be quite high.
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#57Holy...128 80lb bags. I poured a single footing in my backyard with a 4-5 of the light 20lb bags and said, never again.
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#58There's a major oversight on the design. How can Maya get to the bedroom?
It's a feature
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
The photos of the wood stove may be a clue.
As far as i can see there’s zero insulation and basically no thermal mass to buffer the heat. They’re going to need to keep a fire going 24/7.
I spent a few nights in a yurt in Mongolia. You are correct. Our fire went out at about 4 am one night and I very quickly got cold enough that I wondered for a bit if I was going to die (spoiler: it was fine).
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#60Is 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.
Either way I can't imagine this can be very comfortable in the winter with basically zero insulation, unless you plan to run the wood stove all day and night. For summer it's great, but it sounds like the author wants to live there all the time (he mentioned not having to shower at the gym after installing the shower).