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The Frameless Geodesic Dome I currently live in

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Re: The Frameless Geodesic Dome I currently live in

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Post by jquery »

kpennell wrote: post #52

For those who want to work on their projects and live cheap, I've seen: Live in your car and have a hackerspace and gym membership: http://www.quora.com/Would-becoming-homeless-be-a-good-strat... Hide out at AOL office Be homeless in Swedish forest Move to foreign country where it's cheaper to live Move to a dome Added it to the list!

I love how manufactured homes aren't on this list.

Oh wait, I forgot this whole thing was about status and "conspicuous authenticity", not about actually living cheaply.

Re: The Frameless Geodesic Dome I currently live in

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Post by ZitchDog »

finnh wrote: post #54

If you want to live in a city, it's not the cost of the house that kills you: it's the dirt. In Seattle, where I live, my property tax statement tells me that my (large, nice) house is worth roughly half as much as the land it sits on. Given that these domes don't float, you still need a place to put 'em. If your goal is to opt out of the cost of housing - an evil which this blog post expounds upon at length - your f…

Exactly. This structure basically assumes you're living in the country somewhere. If you're willing to move out to the country, on a programmer's salary you could quickly save enough to pay cash for a smallish, newly constructed home with many modern comforts, such as "rooms".

Re: The Frameless Geodesic Dome I currently live in

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Post by a8da6b0c91d »

kpennell wrote: post #52

For those who want to work on their projects and live cheap, I've seen: Live in your car and have a hackerspace and gym membership: http://www.quora.com/Would-becoming-homeless-be-a-good-strat... Hide out at AOL office Be homeless in Swedish forest Move to foreign country where it's cheaper to live Move to a dome Added it to the list!

There's still a lot of bubble era housing available very cheap out in the western desert or in the swamps of Florida.

Re: The Frameless Geodesic Dome I currently live in

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Post by atsaloli »

finnh wrote: post #63
mattjaynes wrote: post #47

This is awesome. I especially love his focus on reducing the complex down to the very simple. He put a lot of work into simplifying the design and the payoff was huge - only 3 shapes make up the whole thing! From the article: "The three shapes we derived above amount to a remarkable simplification in fabrication and construction. We have decimated the complexity of the dome." "Decimated" is the perfect word for it. H…

Actually, "decimated" is not the perfect word for it. He's done much better than mere decimation! (Decimated means "reduced by 1/10th" ... not, as is popularly believed, "reduced to 1/10th")

To decimate: to spoil or destroy something

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/decim...

p.s. I want to put in a plug for Bob Ware's dictionary gateway site www.onelook.com -- a front end to multiple general and specialized dictionaries, and a great time saver.

Re: The Frameless Geodesic Dome I currently live in

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Post by robododo »

So... plastic + blue foam + blue foam + plastic.

This sounds extremely flammable. Are any of your materials actually code-rated for a living structure (as you're using them)? Last I checked, stuff like blue foam board needs to be used in specific ways, such as behind fire-rated walls. You cannot leave any of it exposed, or it's a fire hazard.

Re: The Frameless Geodesic Dome I currently live in

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Post by mattjaynes »

finnh wrote: post #63
mattjaynes wrote: post #47

This is awesome. I especially love his focus on reducing the complex down to the very simple. He put a lot of work into simplifying the design and the payoff was huge - only 3 shapes make up the whole thing! From the article: "The three shapes we derived above amount to a remarkable simplification in fabrication and construction. We have decimated the complexity of the dome." "Decimated" is the perfect word for it. H…

Actually, "decimated" is not the perfect word for it. He's done much better than mere decimation! (Decimated means "reduced by 1/10th" ... not, as is popularly believed, "reduced to 1/10th")

Thanks for letting me know! I had no idea, though I probably should have guessed given the word root. Very interesting, that gives me a new perspective on the word :)

Re: The Frameless Geodesic Dome I currently live in

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Post by breadbox »

gamegoblin wrote: post #73
finnh wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, "decimated" is not the perfect word for it. He's done much better than mere decimation! (Decimated means "reduced by 1/10th" ... not, as is popularly believed, "reduced to 1/10th")

While that is the origin of the word, to pretend it still only means that is pretty delusional. Words change meaning based on usage.

Or even to pretend that that meaning is anything but a remote secondary meaning (except perhaps in the context of Roman history).
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