Living off-grid: Hundred Rabbits

lifeisloving 2 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I love hundred rabbits. Their blogs make me want to get a bunch of old thinkpads, solar panels and buy a sailboat.

newtypecola an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I liked the part in their log where they took apart an old hat to figure out how to make a new one and compared clothing to open-source software. It seems like the same philosophy behind everything they build. Being able to understand, repair, and recreate the things you depend on.

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cavoirom 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They are living in their dream and doing incredible work.

a recent interview: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x8yKp1qdWh8&pp=ygURZGV2aW5lIGx...

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gleenn an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I remember a talk from them at Strange Loop, fascinating life living on a boat and trying to keep software running despite power and connectivity.

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contingencies an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I watched the whole interview. In summary I'd say that while obviously talented at art, music and logic with a solid ethical outlook (rare and admirable) chiefly what they appear to have learned is that: (1) being poor on a boat is a great way to understand why SaaS sux; (2) being in the middle of nowhere with zero supply chain is a great way to understand why BigCo supply chain and closed hardware sux; (3) using old hardware is a great way to understand we all have far more hardware than we really need; (4) an open SaaS-free bigco-free toolkit for creativity is a piece of paper and a pen or its nearest digital equivalent; (5) adding cloud features to programs is not good for the user base.

	▲	jenders 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		wrt (5): Is it not good for the user base at large or is it not good for users who choose to live as nomads on a boat? I feel like we have to be realistic about the problems we’re solving here—-is the goal to optimize for 95% of users or 100%? If 100%, I have to ask if the tradeoffs for the last 5% of users are worth the squeeze to the 95%? SaaS really is the right solution for many people; not all but many.

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gregjw an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

ive been following these folks for, i think maybe a decade. very cool.

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raptorraver an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I found them few years ago and lately been thinking how they are doing and feeling in this age of slop and exponentially growing energy consumption. Seems they are doing fine and have written their own spreadsheet software to handle their finances: https://merveilles.town/@neauoire/116762882177707632 Super cool!

Also their Permacomputing 101 gave a lot to think.

Feeling inspired to finally learn C properly and never touch AI tools again :)

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Barrin92 38 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Every time I end up on the site I'm afraid I'll go down some other rabbit hole, no pun intended, the last time I got stuck in the Blame inspired game they made

https://100r.ca/site/hiversaires.html

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IgnaciusMonk an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"Bleach doesn't remove chemical pollutants or disease-causing organisms (but in an emergency, if there is no way to boil it, it is better than nothing)."

Surely wording can be improved....

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math_eaton 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

yes! the designers of orca, a very cool esolang for music composition

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StockHuman 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Devine, you madman. They're an incredible tech artistry & lifestyle duo.

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bix6 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wild website!

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jan_m_savage 2 hours ago | parent [-]

seems as if designed by a Japanese.

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GaryBluto an hour ago | parent | next [-]

If it was Japanese I'd expect far less whitespace.

	▲	jan_m_savage 13 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I have no idea why some midwit would downvote my original comment. Expressing opinions is forbidden on HN? I thought the amount of work gone into the website showed a Japanese level work ethic-- hard work and dedication. Maybe the authors were influenced by the Japanese?

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gregjw an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

two canadian people

	▲	pelasaco an hour ago \| parent [-]
		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_people

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nakedneuron 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Approved!