Sculpting scale models of computer history hardware, putting weird faces on them, casting them in concrete and leaving them in the woods.
Any pictures? :)
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#852Don’t think this is novel, but I’ve mentioned on an HN thread before that my friend and I were building (and have now built) a tiny house. We’d been complaining for years that housing was too expensive and so after doing a house flip and stops and starts on trying to build a spec house we decided to try a tiny house to see if we could build something move-in ready that looks (somewhat) nice and also is inexpensive. J…
This is cool!
Curious about the heater placement. Won’t that put it very close to curtains? Seems like the window and door will have the worst insulation too. Could it be relocated to the wall by the stairs?
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If you have the time and feeling lost, I suggest you to spend 10 days for a vipassana meditation camp. They have centers worldwide. Happy Birthday btw!
I do not recommend vipassana unless you've done a _lot_ of meditation before. 10 days of complete silence is a massive strain. I did it, based on little more than a recommendation like this, and had a bipolar episode (no history of bipolar or serious mental illness before). My story [0] [0]. http://livingvipassana.blogspot.com/2010/02/bipolar-chronicl...
Hey thanks for sharing this! Very interesting. It sounds in many ways similar to my first and second-hand experiences with psychedelics and stimulants.
Also very helpful to hear someone sincerely tout anti-depressants. All the people I personally know have had mediocre to bad experiences with them, so it's nice to hear the other side of it.
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It looks like a place I’d like to live in <3
Would love to hear if there’s any reason in particular you say that. Like have you been thinking of trying a different way of living, is your current situation untenable for some reason (financial or otherwise) or maybe you just mean it as a way of complimenting the design/build? And regardless of the reason thank you for making a fellow HNer feel good about their side project!
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Well, first of all it looks like what I would call aesthetic. It looks amazing, I love the amount of light that enters the house, and I think it's super important for one's happiness. I live at the ground floor of an old building in a capital city, and we get very little light. I love how it's functional, and yet small: it seems efficient and cosy. There is another thing: it makes me dream to go and live there, I can see myself reading books, doing things on my computer, and enjoy existence in the nature (the reality is that I wouldn't be able to do that, as I have family commitments, but it makes me dream of it, I hope this makes sense).
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#858I've decided to back away from full-time work next year. I've been a senior technical writer for decades, love writing code examples in various languages (although Go and Rust are my favorites), and spent a couple of decades contracting before joining AWS six years ago.
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#859I won the IPO lottery and I’m in the middle ground between rich enough to never work again but not quite rich enough for the yachts/mansions/private jets lifestyle. I haven’t worked in 6 months and I’m struggling to find a larger meaning to my life beyond getting yet another tech job. I’ve considered going to college for a math degree, moving to my parents home country, and joining the military (among many other opti…
I'm guessing that you don't quite have enough to really commit too much to this, but have you considered spinning up a new start up?
I've been working at startups for decades but haven't been in the right place at the right time (no complaints, I've made a few hundred grand from options and I still may make more in the future) however I've worked with a number of people who have hit home runs.
Only a few of them have gone on to build their own startups from scratch though which is somewhat disappointing in my eyes. Of course, it's their choice but if I'm ever it that position, I'd definitely fork a new company as soon as the dust settled.
So. . . is it practical for you to start a new company and have you considered it?
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#860This will be more relevant to the desis here. I am developing an audio quiz web app based on YouTube clips from Indian movies[0]. Films and songs have an interesting appeal to desis and I am trying to explore it with tech. Stack: NextJS and ReactJS