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Everything about this group is fascinating. They are digital nomads on a boat. Every article [0] is a peek into an existence I didn't think or even consider was

Everything about this group is fascinating. They are digital nomads on a boat. Every article [0] is a peek into an existence I didn't think or even consider was possible. I always get thrown into a rabbit hole when I visit their site. In another life maybe. [0]: https://100r.co/site/dry_toilet_installation.html https://100r.co/site/dry_toilet_installation.html

swah 3y ago
Shitting in the seas is more complex than I thought.
- mattpallissard 3y ago
  Not always. A lot of the boats I've been on opt for a bucket instead of a head.
chubot 3y ago
I'm really impressed that they have the energy / motivation / time to write a virtual machine after dealing with all these "real world" issues ! Also impressed that it runs on a lot of real hardware apparently. I have seen many VM projects but they seem kind of isolated within other computers. The extreme constraints definitely push the design in a different direction
- anthk 3y ago
  Yeah, the same witht the Z-machine for text adventures (and terminal games like tetris, trek or rogue for the Z-machine) . Once you compile the game with Inform6 (an easier OOP lang than Python, rooms and objects are described almost as if they were a config file), the game runs from DOS/Amiga/Atari machines to Win/Lin/Mac/Android/iOS and even Haiku.
userbinator 3y ago
into a rabbit hole Pun intended, I suppose.
- enricozb 3y ago
  ;)
stefncb 3y ago
For anyone interested in this, Devine also has a personal wiki at https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/home.html https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/home.html There's so much cool stuff in there.
- akavel 3y ago
  Also, they post on Mastodon (since way before the recent migration waves), at: https://merveilles.town/@neauoire https://merveilles.town/@neauoire https://merveilles.town/@rek https://merveilles.town/@rek and the instance created by them hosts a rather fine community of people: https://merveilles.town/public/local https://merveilles.town/public/local
  - deleted 3y ago
    [deleted]
reidrac 3y ago
Some of the stuff is truly fascinating. My favourite: Solar Collector Tubes (cooking using the sun, including baking bread). https://100r.co/site/solar_evacuated_tube_cooking.html https://100r.co/site/solar_evacuated_tube_cooking.html
anthk 3y ago
Also, they are active 9front users because they got fed up on dependencies (on any OS) and bloat. 9front it's very small and everything it's statically compiled while having a very small API. Crosscompiling it's a breeze and it automatically makes you competent on CS on reading then Plan9 Intro book from Ballesteros.
ttepasse 3y ago
There is a huge subculture of sailors on Youtube, which is part of my escapism entertainment. Of course Youtube’s algorithm being Youtube’s algorithm and capitalism being capitalism a large part of those sailing videos is bikini content. But at the same time a large part of the sailing existence is repairing, renovating and upgrading their small yachts, from fiberglassing to solar to watermaking. As you say, a peek into a fascinating existence.
- sausagefeet 3y ago
  As someone who recently moved onto a boat after discovering all those YouTube channels, I agree! I've found the less produced channels to be the most exciting.
  - ttepasse 3y ago
    Yes. The trick is to find these channels early and then bear to unfollow them when they get to streamlined.
    - apgwoz 3y ago
      My favorite recent channel is called “Boring Sailing,” which the algorithm served up, but has very few subscribers. It’s actually—truly—been boring to watch, at times, but you have to root for him! “Wilding sailing,” on the other hand, is a much more ambitious labor fest, with the boat owner restoring a catamaran he bought for 2k Euros. That’s been inspiring, entertaining, and really worth subscribing to.

swah 3y ago

Shitting in the seas is more complex than I thought.

mattpallissard 3y ago
Not always. A lot of the boats I've been on opt for a bucket instead of a head.

chubot 3y ago

I'm really impressed that they have the energy / motivation / time to write a virtual machine after dealing with all these "real world" issues ! Also impressed that it runs on a lot of real hardware apparently. I have seen many VM projects but they seem kind of isolated within other computers. The extreme constraints definitely push the design in a different direction

anthk 3y ago
Yeah, the same witht the Z-machine for text adventures (and terminal games like tetris, trek or rogue for the Z-machine) . Once you compile the game with Inform6 (an easier OOP lang than Python, rooms and objects are described almost as if they were a config file), the game runs from DOS/Amiga/Atari machines to Win/Lin/Mac/Android/iOS and even Haiku.

userbinator 3y ago

into a rabbit hole Pun intended, I suppose.

enricozb 3y ago
;)

stefncb 3y ago

For anyone interested in this, Devine also has a personal wiki at https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/home.html https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/home.html There's so much cool stuff in there.

akavel 3y ago
Also, they post on Mastodon (since way before the recent migration waves), at: https://merveilles.town/@neauoire https://merveilles.town/@neauoire https://merveilles.town/@rek https://merveilles.town/@rek and the instance created by them hosts a rather fine community of people: https://merveilles.town/public/local https://merveilles.town/public/local
- deleted 3y ago
  [deleted]

reidrac 3y ago

Some of the stuff is truly fascinating. My favourite: Solar Collector Tubes (cooking using the sun, including baking bread). https://100r.co/site/solar_evacuated_tube_cooking.html https://100r.co/site/solar_evacuated_tube_cooking.html

anthk 3y ago

Also, they are active 9front users because they got fed up on dependencies (on any OS) and bloat. 9front it's very small and everything it's statically compiled while having a very small API. Crosscompiling it's a breeze and it automatically makes you competent on CS on reading then Plan9 Intro book from Ballesteros.

ttepasse 3y ago

There is a huge subculture of sailors on Youtube, which is part of my escapism entertainment. Of course Youtube’s algorithm being Youtube’s algorithm and capitalism being capitalism a large part of those sailing videos is bikini content. But at the same time a large part of the sailing existence is repairing, renovating and upgrading their small yachts, from fiberglassing to solar to watermaking. As you say, a peek into a fascinating existence.

sausagefeet 3y ago
As someone who recently moved onto a boat after discovering all those YouTube channels, I agree! I've found the less produced channels to be the most exciting.
- ttepasse 3y ago
  Yes. The trick is to find these channels early and then bear to unfollow them when they get to streamlined.
  - apgwoz 3y ago
    My favorite recent channel is called “Boring Sailing,” which the algorithm served up, but has very few subscribers. It’s actually—truly—been boring to watch, at times, but you have to root for him! “Wilding sailing,” on the other hand, is a much more ambitious labor fest, with the boat owner restoring a catamaran he bought for 2k Euros. That’s been inspiring, entertaining, and really worth subscribing to.