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Indeed, very true. I am fortunate to have been able to teach myself web development from cafes & libraries while sleeping in a tent (cumulatively, for about 1.5 years).

Now in my mid-30's I have about $60k to my name. It'll whittle down to $50k in about 6 months ($2k/mo burn rate for rent + expenses). I have faith that I will land consulting clients or a full time job by then, and can continue saving up to $100k - $150k to buy with as much cash as possible (I hate debt).

I am looking into buying cheap property, simply to camp on it & store my stuff in a shipping container.

Looking forward to falling asleep to the sounds of bugs & nature, and waking up to birds visiting my tent and chirping at me. And at long last, I won't get kicked off private/public property.

bucket + [your choice of: sawdust, leaves, dirt, sand, etc.] --> bury it every few days, or chuck it in a dumpster

You can buy enough Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries to power an A/C unit for about $5k.

Throw together a control system for solar panels, plus the solar panels to feed the batteries for under $1k

And toss a canvas tent over it.

Looking at $7-10k total, for your entire comfy off grid tent living system. Potentially includes a decent size Yurt at that price.

Some system designs are available here: https://www.mobile-solarpower.com/ Kudos to Will Prowse for freely sharing his content.

...meanwhile, the most basic Jupe setup is $25k, not including tax: https://www.jupe.com/build

Yowza. As a formerly homeless person, I often wonder "Who has that kind of money?"

I appreciate the comment. It's humorous and brings some realism to the argument.

"they can probably afford to cut some fat."

They have TONS of fat to trim

I used to work there. I was appalled by how many people in the company spent company time in slack chats about controversial political issues (as if they would persuade someone with divergent values).

While I was working, I saw various slack channels filled with a constant stream of political chats. I thought "What the hell is everyone else doing while I have my head down and I am working?!"

I resigned after 3-4 months. I found it to be "clown world" inside Unity.

language penpal sites.

It's not an app... but rather learning with others.

Advanced-level language learners may want to transition into actual real live conversations-- it's so you can spontaneously learn new concepts, expressions, and vocabulary.

I used to use a good penpal-language learning website called MyHappyPlanet. It was back around 2007-2010-ish, and the site no longer exists.

But looks like there are alternatives here:

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/foreign-language-penpal/