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So, what you're saying is the hippies were on to something? Legalized pot and communal living – what a time to be alive!
by mstade 11y ago
So, what you're saying is the hippies were on to something? Legalized pot and communal living – what a time to be alive!
- masklinn 11y agoWell the difference is that hippies were interested in communal living for the communal aspect, VCs are because they can't quite go full capsule[0] yet. If these pan out, I expect the next frontier will be capsule TEU[1] on rust buckets in the bay. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel [1] http://capsulecontainer.com/capspace.html http://capsulecontainer.com/capspace.html
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- yolesaber 11y agoPeople associated with the hippie movement / sympathetic to its ideals have made massive, massive contributions to the history of personal computing. Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_the_Dormouse_Said https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_the_Dormouse_Said That being said, both legalized weed and communal living are perfect examples of how counterculture ideas can become co-opted and corrupted by establishment greed.
- acheron 11y agoPeople associated with the hippie movement / sympathetic to its ideals have made massive, massive contributions to the history of personal computing. As the old joke goes, "the two biggest things to come out of Berkeley are LSD and Unix. This is probably not a coincidence."
- yolesaber 11y agoTwo of my favorite things :)