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.
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.
Yeah, the same witht the Z-machine for text adventures (and terminal games like tetris, trek or rogue for the Z-machine)
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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.
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.
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.
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.
In another life maybe.
[0]: https://100r.co/site/dry_toilet_installation.html