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Some terrible, hyper-critical comments so far. A 3d-printed concrete cube with a fridge full of Soylent would be vastly more efficient for productive techies. C

Some terrible, hyper-critical comments so far. A 3d-printed concrete cube with a fridge full of Soylent would be vastly more efficient for productive techies. Can't we just admit that this is an incredibly creative hybrid of old & new. The end result is breathtaking.

tty7 7y ago
Some terrible, hyper-critical comments so far. A 3d-printed concrete cube comment with a fridge full of Soylent would be vastly more efficient for productive techies writing comments on HN. Can't we just admit that this is an incredibly creative hybrid of old & new commenting. The end result is breathtaking comments.
oh_sigh 7y ago
I think people are turned off by the near professional quality of the photos for some reason. The one of the guy using the router in slo mo could be out of a Craftsman commercial.
- jszymborski 7y ago
  It does indeed kinda feel like guerilla advertising...
  - dakna 7y ago
    As someone who tries to build things myself, I think of it as a valid way to monetize what you have learned as passive income to make up for the time it took you to do it. Another well done example is https://faroutride.com/ https://faroutride.com/ . They have a very detailed and highly useful journal of their camper van build.
    - jszymborski 7y ago
      I might be missing something here, but I'm not sure this makes any sense to me. Why should you be owed more than a yurt should you decide to build a yurt? If you're making a post to advertise a service, all I expect is a notice disclaiming as much. Otherwise, it certainly feels dishonest.
- fouc 7y ago
  He has a do it yurtself website w/ all the fancy content, presumably he's planning on selling that.
- captn3m0 7y ago
  The maker is a art director by profession.
karlp 7y ago
But the problem is this is not DIY, it's professional work, the word is being abused for some purpose. > He has a do it yurtself website w/ all the fancy content, presumably he's planning on selling that. Not surprised
- solarkraft 7y ago
  > But the problem is this is not DIY, it's professional work Yet it's something that you can do yourself, since all resources are available (contrast this with something like cutting edge electronic devices).
- dmitripopov 7y ago
  Well, it's do it YOURTself, not yourself, sometimes humor is hard to detect ;)
  - hermitdev 7y ago
    Sorry, as an older individual, not necessarily up to date on current memes and such, what's the significance of the extra "T" in "yourtself"?
    - dmitripopov 7y ago
      They were building a Yurt :)
- sbochins 7y ago
  Never heard of a definition of DIY that did not include building something of professional quality. I think it’s as simple as the name implies: you can do it all by yourself.
- broahmed 7y ago
  I don't think it's being abused at all. If you have the time, finances, and willingness to learn how to do it, you can DIY. I think the same goes for most DIY projects. The guy who put together this yurt is also the same guy who converted a van to a camper van (link was on Hacker News a while back: http://thevanual.com/ http://thevanual.com/). I recall he had next-to-nothing in construction experience.
ryacko 7y ago
This lacks statistics on temperatures throughout the day or estimates on the loadbearing capacity of the roof. In essence, this house has not been benchmarked.
- khabaal 7y ago
  This is exactly, what came to my mind after adoring the beautiful first and following pictures. The whole setup looks very adorable, with the plants inside the bedroom area and i guess it could be very plesant to stay there for holiday. But i guess the winters will be horribly cold without anything that could be called decent insulation. And the whole weight of the roof (and maybe snow) is on that little wooden fence. And its better not going to get windy, because as as you can see in https://i.imgur.com/i3o9MBj.mp4 https://i.imgur.com/i3o9MBj.mp4 the bars are mostly just hooked into the top of the fence. As someone who learned basic structural engineering, this is giving me shivers. The roof can hold itself pretty nicely like an archway,... but if you get lots and lots of wind from the side, my guts say that it might evolve into a big problem.
  - ryacko 7y ago
    It’s white. The stains on roofs are from mildew. They will likely have to power wash every few months, assuming the water doesn’t cut through eventually. I’m unclear about ventilation or the ability to do basic maintenance like walking on the roof.
    - ralfd 7y ago
      In what picture are stains?
  - azepoi 7y ago
    The round shape sould help against wind. I agree with the lack of insulation though. The heating part could be partially remediated with radiant heat. With a heavy masonry stove instead of a simple wood stove.
  - mikeg8 7y ago

tty7 7y ago

Some terrible, hyper-critical comments so far. A 3d-printed concrete cube comment with a fridge full of Soylent would be vastly more efficient for productive techies writing comments on HN. Can't we just admit that this is an incredibly creative hybrid of old & new commenting. The end result is breathtaking comments.

oh_sigh 7y ago

I think people are turned off by the near professional quality of the photos for some reason. The one of the guy using the router in slo mo could be out of a Craftsman commercial.

jszymborski 7y ago
It does indeed kinda feel like guerilla advertising...
- dakna 7y ago
  As someone who tries to build things myself, I think of it as a valid way to monetize what you have learned as passive income to make up for the time it took you to do it. Another well done example is https://faroutride.com/ https://faroutride.com/ . They have a very detailed and highly useful journal of their camper van build.
  - jszymborski 7y ago
    I might be missing something here, but I'm not sure this makes any sense to me. Why should you be owed more than a yurt should you decide to build a yurt? If you're making a post to advertise a service, all I expect is a notice disclaiming as much. Otherwise, it certainly feels dishonest.
fouc 7y ago
He has a do it yurtself website w/ all the fancy content, presumably he's planning on selling that.
captn3m0 7y ago
The maker is a art director by profession.

karlp 7y ago

But the problem is this is not DIY, it's professional work, the word is being abused for some purpose. > He has a do it yurtself website w/ all the fancy content, presumably he's planning on selling that. Not surprised

solarkraft 7y ago
> But the problem is this is not DIY, it's professional work Yet it's something that you can do yourself, since all resources are available (contrast this with something like cutting edge electronic devices).
dmitripopov 7y ago
Well, it's do it YOURTself, not yourself, sometimes humor is hard to detect ;)
- hermitdev 7y ago
  Sorry, as an older individual, not necessarily up to date on current memes and such, what's the significance of the extra "T" in "yourtself"?
  - dmitripopov 7y ago
    They were building a Yurt :)
sbochins 7y ago
Never heard of a definition of DIY that did not include building something of professional quality. I think it’s as simple as the name implies: you can do it all by yourself.
broahmed 7y ago
I don't think it's being abused at all. If you have the time, finances, and willingness to learn how to do it, you can DIY. I think the same goes for most DIY projects. The guy who put together this yurt is also the same guy who converted a van to a camper van (link was on Hacker News a while back: http://thevanual.com/ http://thevanual.com/). I recall he had next-to-nothing in construction experience.

ryacko 7y ago

This lacks statistics on temperatures throughout the day or estimates on the loadbearing capacity of the roof. In essence, this house has not been benchmarked.

khabaal 7y ago
This is exactly, what came to my mind after adoring the beautiful first and following pictures. The whole setup looks very adorable, with the plants inside the bedroom area and i guess it could be very plesant to stay there for holiday. But i guess the winters will be horribly cold without anything that could be called decent insulation. And the whole weight of the roof (and maybe snow) is on that little wooden fence. And its better not going to get windy, because as as you can see in https://i.imgur.com/i3o9MBj.mp4 https://i.imgur.com/i3o9MBj.mp4 the bars are mostly just hooked into the top of the fence. As someone who learned basic structural engineering, this is giving me shivers. The roof can hold itself pretty nicely like an archway,... but if you get lots and lots of wind from the side, my guts say that it might evolve into a big problem.
- ryacko 7y ago
  It’s white. The stains on roofs are from mildew. They will likely have to power wash every few months, assuming the water doesn’t cut through eventually. I’m unclear about ventilation or the ability to do basic maintenance like walking on the roof.
  - ralfd 7y ago
    In what picture are stains?
- azepoi 7y ago
  The round shape sould help against wind. I agree with the lack of insulation though. The heating part could be partially remediated with radiant heat. With a heavy masonry stove instead of a simple wood stove.
- mikeg8 7y ago