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Oh how quickly the blight would destroy the rubber trees of Southeast Asia...

Did get it setup from my computer, thanks! http://buymeacoffee.com/nabeards

Oh, and it looks like your system doesn't accept the cancel back through the API. I just get a page that says "The user denied your request."

Just tried to sign up, but it appears the Stripe form doesn't work on iOS Safari. Can reproduce by filling out the whole form, not entering a phone number, hit submit. Then, I get a brief error that my phone number needs entered, which then skips directly down to bank account numbers not matching (which they do) and then, suddenly, the account number changes to my autofill password. Very odd behavior!

I both pay my mortgage and keep ethics in the house. I'm not sure this company or dev was so desperate to make money that this seemed like the last hope.

> Which depends almost entirely on the university in question.

This is also true in the US. I actually chose to study religion and philosophy in addition to CS. My reasons for doing so aside, I truly benefited from it as it helps guide the type of work I will take. I'm torn on whether it should be required, mainly because I am not in a position to decide what makes a 'better' software engineer.

Do people really consider the ethics of introducing tech like this? I guess it just comes down to a consequentialism vs deontology whether someone thinks this is a good idea. And, obviously, if they don't do it, I guess someone else will?

That's an amazing savings. We are enjoying Panamá (the country, not the city) currently with a rent of $250 per month, internet included.

The challenge we are currently facing is finding a place in the US for two-three months that's actually affordable. Even the hotels are crazy expensive for short stays.

It definitely seems like picking a city, getting there in a hotel, and then finding a place is a better strategy than finding something online. I've been to countless websites that return an error when I put in our target dates: 'our reservation system doesn't allow dates longer than 30 days'!?! LOL Then, almost everything for our target duration is 'vacation rental', which means they want at least $500 per week.

Total side note: is there a way to get notified when people respond to your comment on HN?

I realize this may be a silly question, but how do I follow your blog? Is there an email subscription? Do I need some app to access your RSS feed?

I feel like this should be easier to solve than it is. (:

By "businesses catering to us" I was referring to companies like Roam (or, any "hey digital nomad, come stay with us for a month away from anyone local just to be a tourist" companies), but I 100% agree with your statement that we are usually welcome by local businesses.

And thank you for the description of your process, always good to get another perspective. We find ourselves working very hard to find the proper place before we arrive, and having some local time first would definitely seem to make things easier. Just have to balance that cost with our budget.

> I travel to be integrated into the communities in which I am traveling, not to hang out with other travelers.

Same here, and it seems there are very few businesses catering to us. Unfortunately, I think we are in the minority so that won't likely change soon.

Any advice on easing the stress of finding the next place? We use skyscanner to find cheap flights from where we are, Craig's List a ton, and then random searches online for 'furnished apartments {destination}".

Yep, I do exactly the same. Let the mail servers validate the address.

This is solid gold. Thank you.

If I can't add medical records manually myself, this is a useless feature. I'm seldom in the same country for very long, so get medical records from a motley collection of sources. I just want a single place to save all my records for easy access wherever I go.

Almost a return to the 70s era of computer startups! I'm hopeful for their success.

I'm excited to see how this goes. I've been lamenting to friends of late how I don't feel there is anyone out there innovating on hardware/software to compete with the likes of Apple/MS/Google, but I see a ray of hope in puri.sm.

Yes, works fine for me. :)

Interesting, I do have the lock in Sierra 10.12.6 on my MBP.

I'll be watching this closely as a precursor of more damage to come. If the fungus is able to make it from Southeast Asia to the Americas, then the rubber plants in Southeast Asia may soon fall to the South American leaf blight. That would cause the complete destruction of the global natural rubber market.

Excellent additional reading in Growing American Rubber by Mark R. Finlay.

I think a lot of that happens due to the length of time a fruit is ripe (and, specifically, tastes good) and how hardy it is to ship.

This question is important: what are the alternatives to npm? Surely someone has something out there with code signing and single-use package names for node/JS?

Is there any way to quickly wipe and restore a full macOS? or other OS for that matter? As someone who travels, well, all the time, it seems a massive amount of overhead at the moment.

If everything is in the cloud, that means I have to be sure to have fast, reliable internet at my destination (which is definitely not always the case). And any way I can think of to securely travel with a copy of my data is just the same problem: the CBP can request I unlock the other device.

Ideally, we just wouldn't be able to be compelled to unlock our data, without the high probability of being forced to hand over the device because of our refusal. How is this not a violation of the Fourth Amendment? It's frustrating in the least.

Which media player has an interface you like? I'm usually an outcast for it, but I actually like the iTunes Movies interface myself.

He states a 70% utilization rate over the year, so probably about 37 working weeks / 15 weeks off.

For your point 2), have you seen the Tap (no affiliation, just excited about it)? https://www.tapwithus.com

Ok good to know. Will give it a try in a project I'm working on. Thanks!

Couldn't tell from the readme, apologies if I missed it, but: does the optimization happen if the optimized files are already present?

Good site! Being able to see all the models on GitHub is awesome to be able to find new things to print.

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Agreed. Shop/move elsewhere, especially if you are not a fan of capitalism. I, too, am not a fan of capitalism so it is my plan to remove myself from its constraints. But I don't steal and then try to justify the action because I'm against what they stand for.