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The concept is really nice! BUT WHY OH WHY THE SCROLL HIJACKING?
Hijacking is specifically altering the speed and or movement of the scroll.
cool concept, but not sure Mexico City is a good location. I've heard it can be very dangerous, especially in the evenings.
Spent some time there in the past 6 months and i found it very OK. We looked at more southern destinations, like Medellin / Bogota, but then the flight times to SF and NY start making 1-2 day trips less feasible.
- Further north (albeit slightly) than Mexico City, and thus even closer to New York and San Francisco (if those proximities are in indeed your criteria)
- Major (relative to Mexico, at least) tech hub, making the perfect setting for programmers, remote sysadmins, and other folks who would appreciate living in a place populated by like-minded folks
- Birthplace of mariachi music (!)
Can my girlfriend come?
I've been thinking lately of where I would like to live for most of my late twenties and early thirties. I'm definitely a bit of a loner, but at the same time, I like living as part of a close-knit community. I wish I could find a little "tribe" of self-directed folks roughly my age in an old, creaky house somewhere in the mountains... or on a remote island... or in a forest, or something. Just people working on their projects, tending to their garden, raising some chickens (or maybe some kids), enjoying the fresh air, and mostly living away from the rest of society. An art commune for the 21st century, I guess.
Unfortunately, if such a place exists, I doubt it has a website, and I especially doubt they'd take in strays. Guess I'd have to organize it myself. It's too bad I don't know anyone else who'd want to live like this. (And even if I did, who knows if we'd get along?)
Maybe I'll just go and become a hermit.
The concept is really nice! BUT WHY OH WHY THE SCROLL HIJACKING?
Agreed. I spent too long staring dumbly at the page, finding nothing to click on, wondering how to get more information. I hate this trend towards elimination of affordances.
Have you considered having some storage in the house that automatically follows you around the world as you move from place to place ? i.e. your belongings just turn up at the house you are currently staying in without you having to deal with shipping? Edit: to clarify/simplify
That's very high up the list, bulk shipping of standardized boxes is the favorite solution atm, but didn't do in-depth cost comparisons etc. Just was stuck for a few days in the Alps with the overhead bin luggage for Bali on the way back to SF, so i feel your pain. How would you prefer to have it handled?
- Are there more locations that are considered?
- Is this meant to grow with demand, or be limited to a few first-come/first-served offering?
- It's not clear to me (maybe I misread) what happens when I move to another country. Am I holding a lock on the rooms everywhere, or am I allocated a room on request?
I work remote, and currently in school but once done, I totally want to start moving around the world for periods of times. Q1 2016 is about when that should start happening.
Have you considered having some storage in the house that automatically follows you around the world as you move from place to place ? i.e. your belongings just turn up at the house you are currently staying in without you having to deal with shipping? Edit: to clarify/simplify
That's very high up the list, bulk shipping of standardized boxes is the favorite solution atm, but didn't do in-depth cost comparisons etc. Just was stuck for a few days in the Alps with the overhead bin luggage for Bali on the way back to SF, so i feel your pain. How would you prefer to have it handled?
Clothes are probably a good place to start. Having a simple cupboard draw that is automatically sent would be good (cost permitting).
- Most people shouldn't have a problem with you searching through this sort of thing for illicit goods
- I think it is mainly clothes that take up the bulk of space in peoples suitcases
- Clothes can be compressed for space/cost efficiency
Edit: added an extra thing!