Why such old computers? I get linux and open source, but you can use new stuff. The keyboard error specifically. Also maybe then have a spare usb one. Laptops in general are bad.
Hundred Rabbits is a small collective exploring the failability of modern tech
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#322The start of this reads like the beginning of a cult manifesto, but then transitions to a very logical solution for an important problem. Baffling. I'm in
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#323Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think they sustain themselves with this project.
They get 900 USD a month of stable income from Patreon. Add to that income from art commissions etc. and realize that they don't have to pay rent, car insurance etc. Looks sustainable enough.
Mantaining a boat is very expensive. The people I know with boats all make what we call good money here.
But I guess by HN standards are different to mine.
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#324I read this and thought it was satire at first: "We eventually ported our tools to C, but while we had achieved ideal energy usage, portability was still an issue, so we kept looking. We learnt 6502 Assembly, seeing players run our games as NES roms on all these different platforms gave us an idea."
How so? NES games are genuinely more portable than C programs that do anything involving graphics or IO.
A simple example is the fact that they use Plan 9 C. I urge you to try making a simple game that runs on both Plan 9 and Linux.
The only reason C is portable is because a lot of collective effort was put into porting various libraries to various systems, and homogenizing them to look kinda the same if you squint.
Uxn creates a very easy to implement virtual computer that is actually identical. A Uxn program is more portable than a C one for their purposes. And I think it's obvious how that could have came to them from NES emulators, which have similar properties.
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#325I'm always a bit conflicted when I see these kinds of stories, due to the message they send. I remember vising the Seychelles a few years ago, and finding it an earthly paradise, the kind that everyone should experience at least once. Yet it's a tiny nation state that can only properly handle a limited amount of tourists. In essence, I've started believing that all these "digital nomads" that work remotely in one of…
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#326Earlier quoted context omitted.
Urbit had a fair bit of creativity in both aesthetic and tech. But yeah I agree it was mostly a crypto scam mainly driven by a no-longer-open/loud neonazi.
If you think Curtis Yarvin is a Neo-Nazi then I’m afraid you’re so far out there and uninformed you’re probably beyond saving.
> uninformed
Yeah, nah. They know exactly what they are doing.
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#327My first impression after reading a bit about their lifestyle was "how on earth do they have time for all this?" Things like maintaining the boat, sourcing fresh food every day for cooking, making games, creating art. Meanwhile they do all this in a very constrained environment, which can't help efficiency. Where is the time in the day for everything, after working? Then I saw they say they only work during the morni…
The cheat code is that they have a Patreon. They make things that people like, so people pay them for it. "They don't work" is a bit reductive. Working is producing value, and value is whatever people are willing to pay for.
It's not like they're millionares or something. They just managed to cut expenses low enough, while convincing people to pay them for the things they produce.
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Extremly passionate about ecology but lives in a boat....
How is this a contradiction?
Buying something that will last 10 years instead of buying a home that will last generations. Even more, most likely this people already had a home.
Is like buying a electric car while you have a luxury ICE that works, is a waste of resources. I dont really mind, but dont say you care about the enviroment.
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#329Site: "This website has no tracking or analytics." Privacy Badger blocked tracking from: googleads.g.doubleclick.net static.doubleclick.net play.google.com www.google.com www.youtube.com Because If you use anything from Google, you will be tracked.
It makes me sad that this is the top comment for this link to Hundred Rabbits. I feel it’s such a “I am very smart gotcha” comment that isn’t helpful in any way. It distracts from the actual topic.
It calls out a bogus claim. The actual topic is diluted and deemphasized if the authors make bogus claims. So the distraction is on them, not on HN commenters.
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#330Earlier quoted context omitted.
The simplest thing would be to simply link to a Youtube video, perhaps with a small warning that it will take them to Youtube which uses trackers. You could even make the link an image that is the thumbnail of the video. Not the prettiest or purest solution, but very simple.
I disagree. That is the prettiest and the purest solution!
The "purest" solution would be to host the video yourself.