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The entrepreneurial adventures of a coder living in a tent in the forest

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Re: The entrepreneurial adventures of a coder living in a tent in the forest

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Damn, I'm jealous... Coding, writing, or doing any sort of work is always better outdoors, on a beach or in a forest.

Sounds like an adventure, and lots of fun. I frequently take long trips through the forest, back-country camping, but we do have bears, mountain lions, and the potential of blizzards in August (and laws that govern what we can and can't do in our wild spaces).

I hope your start-up is a success, and if it isn't, at least you'll have had an adventure and a story to tell (but I hope you success).

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Post by DennisP »

gizzlon wrote: post #4

Wow, props for going "all the way". I have to wonder though, is this a wise choice? If the product alone, e.g. the code, is what drives investment it surely is.. But I would guess that's only one of many factors. People are scared away from others that are too different when it comes to things like behaviour and clothing. How long can he live in the forest before he's too "weird" to make meaningful connections to cus…

I've known people who lived off in the woods for a while, and thought they were fine. Of course maybe that says something about me.

Re: The entrepreneurial adventures of a coder living in a tent in the forest

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thomasbacklund wrote: post #62

Hi peeps, This was a nice surprise getting on HN =) First of all, I was a weirdo before I moved to the forest. But now I'm a very happy weirdo. I do have 4G (LTE) broad band, so Internet is almost everywhere I go. I come from Stockholm but I live now on a trail called Sörmlandsleden, it's a 1000 km long trail and for the moment I'm pretty far south from Stockholm. But the trail never goes out "into the wild". I also…

Why not? You could make a snowhole to live in. I know someone who knits coding gloves, too. :)

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Post by Tyrant505 »

thentic wrote: post #65
Arjuna wrote: post #44

This is awesome. Personally, I occasionally daydream of "escaping it all" and coding by the ocean. This piece reminded me of someone else who "escaped it all": Paul Lutus [1]. In the spring of 1976, he built a 12 x 16 foot (3.65 x 4.87 meter) cabin in Oregon and developed Apple Writer [2] on his Apple II. He documented his story in a piece entitled, Cottage Computer Programming [3]. [1] http://www.arachnoid.com/admin…

Boats provide some of the cheapest rent and best views in the Bay Area. Paid less than one year's worth of rent to buy a 42' motor boat and parked it over by Oakland where my monthly liveaboard slip fee is just over $500/month. If you need to be in or around SF and are trying to save on rent, I can't encourage people enough to try it out.

I always dreamed of living on a sailboat, docked wherever I choose.. Mobile apt! Why not!? People think I'm crazy when I talk about it.

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205guy wrote: post #78
thentic wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Boats provide some of the cheapest rent and best views in the Bay Area. Paid less than one year's worth of rent to buy a 42' motor boat and parked it over by Oakland where my monthly liveaboard slip fee is just over $500/month. If you need to be in or around SF and are trying to save on rent, I can't encourage people enough to try it out.

When marinas become full of thrify tech workers, slip fees increase, people bid up any available slip (used boat), and real boaters are forced out, then you will have encouraged people enough.

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Post by snambi »

thomasbacklund wrote: post #62

Hi peeps, This was a nice surprise getting on HN =) First of all, I was a weirdo before I moved to the forest. But now I'm a very happy weirdo. I do have 4G (LTE) broad band, so Internet is almost everywhere I go. I come from Stockholm but I live now on a trail called Sörmlandsleden, it's a 1000 km long trail and for the moment I'm pretty far south from Stockholm. But the trail never goes out "into the wild". I also…

How do you manage electricity for your computers?
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