Was there actually more to this posting and it got cut off? I'm not seeing why this is a practical issue. I'm partial to large displays with a more traditional aspect ratio, but using ultrawides, including curved ones occasionally isn't annoying to me. What really grinds my gears is that one coworker who doggedly insists on sharing his full desktop every single damned time which makes text nearly unreadable on anything other than another ultrawide.
Cocomelon rightfully gets criticism, but this is an apples-to-oranges comparison. Bluey is a scripted animated show intended for older toddlers with parents as a secondary audience. Cocomelon is animated songs for younger toddlers with simple, conflict-free situations that do not provide examples of bad behavior. For a relevant comparison to Cocomelon, see the Ms. Rachel or Spanish-language Luli Pampin videos that provide similar content but without the negative aspects of targeting engagement metrics.
I'm a little surprised to see this discussion in 2025, when people can now watch Netflix offline. The term "airport novel," is no longer in common use, meaning a book you would buy at the Hudson News and read on the plane. Complaints of a bygone era.
Disregarding other implications of Musk's political influence, it's not probably not good for SpaceX long-term. Right now it feels like the beginning of SpaceX turning into the next Boeing. A revolving door between industry and regulators, regulators looking the other way, too big to fail, over-charging and under-delivering.
For a nice, polished, non-skeuomorphic circuit simulator, see iCircuit [1], which provides native MacOS and iOS clients (based on the Falstad JS circuit simulator mentioned elsewhere in this thread, if I recall correctly). It differs from most SPICE-based simulators in that there is no edit or run mode - the circuit is always simulating in transient mode so updates happen in real time.
No one mentioned it here, but make sure you are using a personal computer for this and not your work computer so you don't get into trouble with your employer. This is well-known advice, but there's always a newbie learning something for the first time.
DIY furniture is not cheap compared with mass-produced even without considering time, so giving up the hobby is a sound financial decision. For huge cost savings, there is a large market of used furniture available private-party.
Edit: Hobbies certainly aren't practical, but there is often a practical aspect associated with them used as a justification, e.g. for having fresher vegetables or unusual varieties not sold in a supermarket/co-op. I bring up cost with woodworking as it's a notoriously expensive hobby, especially second-order costs such as the decision to own a single-family home or a larger vehicle.
Isn’t the “it’s not cheap compared to mass produced.” sort of the description of a hobby? I bake (on and off) as a hobby and while that is comparatively simple in terms of equipment, if I start considering the time and actual costs, the pretty expensive hipster bakery starts to look more and more appealing. Same for the vegetables we grow in our garden.
My most prized possessions are the quilts my mother made for us, the jewelry and furniture my father made for us and my grandparents (and I've since inherited) and us. I would rather have those things than all the money in the world. Yes, my parents could have traded in their stuff 30 years ago and invested the money, and handed me a pile of money instead, but I would have lost my soul, my heritage, my history. I'm grateful they didn't, and I hope that the parent commenter doesn't either. I hope the parent commenter keeps making furniture that is meaningful to them and theirs.
What if you don't want to inhale the stuff mass produced furniture is outgassing? With DIY you have at least a slight chance to avoid that, by choosing your materials accordingly.
A reminder for those of us seeking to leave the rat race and live in the middle of nowhere: The article describes Mr. Conover's decision to purchase 5 acres in the area, and reading between the lines, his neighbors have decided to do the same. Which is to say that no one is living all alone in the middle of hundreds of miles of forest, this is just very low-density housing with some hobby farming. This also means that houses are about 500' from each other. That is plenty close enough to be annoying if a neighbor or guest decides to play music at a bonfire party or spend the morning target shooting. You don't get to live in the middle of nowhere unless you are rich and can afford the upfront cost of hundreds of acres of undeveloped land.
Aside: It' a little unclear what area exactly the article is talking about. When I look up San Luis Valley, I see an area of mostly center-pivot irrigation (near 37.698, -106.009), so I assume that there is a non-arable part of the valley with low property values.
> You don't get to live in the middle of nowhere unless you are rich and can afford the upfront cost of hundreds of acres of undeveloped land.
However, this level of rich is pretty obtainable for West Coast programmer. In parts of northeast Oregon an undeveloped acre goes for 1-2K, when you buy a few hundred. And couple hundred acres can be purchased with an on grid, but remote house for under $1 million.
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(You probably won’t like the house, and the nice properties mainly sell inside families, and the bank won’t likely give you a mortgage with less than 50% down, and insurance will not be fun. But this is all surmountable.)
This is just so bizarre by German standards. It shows we live in a densely populated country: my 3 acres are considered a "kingdom" over here by many, and while it is as remote as it can get neighbours would still be in shouting distance. Probably not possible to be really remote here.
Anyway, even such a property goes for several 100k here and is advertised for the "vast area".
100 acres would not be possible under 7 figures, I think.
Yes, but new england is tiny. It only take four hours to drive across the width of the length of it. (As the crow flies, no accounting for road geography here)
Population density of NZ is 20/km2 compared against Germany at 234/km2.
Germans seem to like Golden Bay: they make up about 10% of the population there - cross between hippy and farmer and lifestylers. I think https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tākaka is the biggest town in that area with 1400 people.
If you really want to get away from it all, I can recommend areas around the Chiricahua wilderness in AZ. My brother picked up 40 acres for $20k and it’s really beautiful country out there. You can get a few hundred acres for $100k or so if you time it right. On the down side it’s about an hour to the nearest real town.
Stress should be on the fact that 5 acres is just tiny in this context. Even Texas, very lax gun laws, has a 10 acre minimum in most areas to be able to fire a gun or hunt. My family has 100 acres in remote part of Texas and neighbors can still be a pain in the ass. They also see your coming and going so unfortunately you will likely he burglarized by a neighbor at some point. We keep trained guard dogs on the property at all times and have video footage of them chasing off several people from trespassing (likely there to steal stuff).
I didn't see any mention of water rights in that article. You need a permit to drill a well. In Colorado, it is illegal to divert rain from your roof - to do so legally, among several other restrictions, you must have an existing well permit and can only use the rainwater for the same usage that the well permit is for.
These folks are going to find out their hobby is rather expensive.
Earlier this month, there were some articles on water issues in Arizona here in HN. The people in those articles were not happy about having to find new sources for water as the drought was forcing some cities to cut off water deliveries to communities outside their city limits.
It’s definitely not in the forest. This is a high desert, a destitute part of the state that seems to be a locale of last resort for some of the poorest folks. It’s bitter cold in winter, remote, and rotten agricultural conditions. There’s no running water or sewage, despite living 500’ apart, which has been an ongoing topic of debate. (In short, the residents can’t afford that infra, but it could become a real health & sanitation problem)
Very much the opposite of what people dream of when they imagine building a lux cabin by a pond, growing their own food, and naming the dog Thoreau.
> Aside: It' a little unclear what area exactly the article is talking about. When I look up San Luis Valley, I see an area of mostly center-pivot irrigation (near 37.698, -106.009), so I assume that there is a non-arable part of the valley with low property values.
Billboards are interesting because in spite of their near-universal hate, they are about the only remaining form of advertising in print media. I don't especially mind advertising in cities, the subway ads are part of the experience. The terrible billboards in unincorporated areas along the highway are much more annoying, but of course those are much harder to get rid of.
