timmaah

1,265 karma · joined April 7, 2009

tiwatson@gmail.com https://wanderinglabs.com/ http://watsonswander.com

timmaahon Facebook '2G Tuesdays' to better understand markets like India

Verizon and AT&T have vastly better coverage.

timmaahon Off the Grid, but Still Online

Way more of a social life then I originally thought I would have. There is a pretty good sized community of likeminded folks living the same way. We seek each other out via blogs, instagram and facebook and hang out constantly. For new years there will be a gathering of 100 or more out in the CA desert.

timmaahon Off the Grid, but Still Online

Still working and saving a good amount of $$. A developer job that likes me around during normal business hours. So it is a pretty normal existence in that respect.

Just a tent camper and when we left I had never towed anything before. We were prepared and knew what to expect so had no real surprises.

Not alone. I'm married. She does a mix of writing and editing and most of the day to day logistics.

timmaahon Off the Grid, but Still Online

I did that via a Nokia back in 1998. There might be a flipphone or two that could still be used in that method. I don't recall having to use any special software.

timmaahon Off the Grid, but Still Online

I've held an 8-4 developer job the last 3 years and hit up 36 different states. Right now I'm chilling at a most peaceful National Forest Campground in eastern Kentucky.

http://www.watsonswander.com/assets/2015/10/IMG_6288.jpg

timmaahon Show HN: Live Simple – Tiny homes

Most modern campers can't do winter though. I live in a 25' Airstream. The windows and insulation are crap. Living in an Airstream in a Vermont winter would be painful and miserable. But it has wheels, so I head south.

timmaahon Show HN: Live Simple – Tiny homes

I've lived for 3+ years in a 25' Airstream with my wife. I feel our Airstream is much better laid out then most tiny houses I see. I wouldn't want to do the loft. We love living in a tiny space. We constantly travel though. It might be a different story if the view out my window wasn't constantly changing (feeling closed in..etc.).

timmaahon Lily – Drone camera

Battery is not removable.

timmaahon Tesla Energy

Those would be crap lead acid batteries at $100.

I have 500 Ah in 4 AGM batteries that cost me $1200. If all that 835 is usable I'd have to spend $3600 to come close with the same AGM's I'm using now.

timmaahon Tesla Energy

I doubt they would install one in an RV... but I can dream.

timmaahon The Hobos of Instagram

> Family of 5 and a cat living full-time in an Airstream since '08

We have met them a few times. Awesome family though I have no idea how they do it. My wife and I live in the same size Airstream they have and I can't even imagine 3 kids in here. Not to mention trying to work.

timmaahon We have lived and worked in an Airstream for the last few years

Thanks for submitting. Too bad it didn't take off.

(I'm the creator of linked page)

timmaahon Vivus, bringing your SVGs to life

The strokeDashOffset trick is a great hack.

I used it to animate a route on a US map. http://live.watsonswander.com/

timmaahon Ask HN: What is this triangle in the Philippines?

The old version of google maps did that as well.

timmaahon [dead]

That is more of a butterfly stroke than a breast stroke.

timmaahon Living Simply in a Dumpster

I'd rather be homeless then live in the middle of a gang controlled slum where beatings and killings happen daily.

timmaahon Lessons I learned on the road as a Digital Nomad

I've been a (U.S. based) nomad for the last 2 years. I do web development for a company (I'm not freelance) and work a standard 8-4 day. They don't care where I am online from just that I am online and available.

I make less than I would if i lived in a bigger American city, but not less than a normal remote dev.

timmaahon At Burning Man, the Tech Elite One-Up One Another

This kind of already exists with Slab City. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_City

timmaahon Why was Pinball removed from Windows Vista? (2012)

So Microsoft openly admits they shipped code with their operating system that they did not review or even understand what it contained.

timmaahon Why Can't the United States Build a High-Speed Rail System?

http://www.debunkingportland.com/cost_of_transit_&_cars.html

http://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/bp107.pdf

timmaahon Why Can't the United States Build a High-Speed Rail System?

Actually bus is more expensive at cost per passenger mile. Math has been done numerous times lately.

timmaahon Amazon Prime Music

Very fortunate from what i can tell. Looking at the top 100 albums in their "MP3 Downloads" section.. not a single one is available to stream via Prime

timmaahon Amazon Prime Music

Most of what I listen to on Spotify is not available. It is not that obscure.

Mike Pinto, Greensky Bluegrass, The Devil Makes Three, JJ Grey & Mofro, Jack Johnson, Dirty Heads... list goes on.

timmaahon Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

I live full-time in an Airstream travel trailer with my wife.

This is my corner.. http://www.watsonswander.com/assets/2014/02/TAW55485.jpg

timmaahon Can You Buy A License to Speed?

>>If you think you've been tagged, don't slam your brakes.<<

Even better.. if you do see someone ahead of you randomly slam/tap their breaks.. slow down. This has saved me a number of times.

timmaahon Homeless Lose a Longtime Last Resort: Living in a Car

Agreed on both points. Kicking him out seems kind of harsh since it has been his home for decades, but is there a real solution? He can't afford to live there anymore.

There are tons of LTVA (Long term visitor areas) in southern CA and AZ that he can spend months in his RV for under $200.

timmaahon Salt dietary guidelines: Why do food manufacturers use so much salt?

And most of the foods labeled as "Lite" or "Reduced Fat" have more sodium than the original version for taste purposes. Trying to eat healthier by reducing calories can actually up your sodium intake.

timmaahon Nasty icons

possible you shouldn't be browsing HN at all while working that new job?

timmaahon Density.io

unacceptable on which end? The coffee shop collecting the info or your phone exposing it?

timmaahon Screwed by Square

I am not knowledgable enough about Square itself to know what they are "disrupting", but their chargeback section in their sellers agreement is no different than that of a standard merchant account. Seller liable for all chargebacks; they reserve the right to hold an unknown reserve; charge a larger fee; or close the account.

Do they try to differentiate themselves via customer service?