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    Is it possible without Solar

    Get the minimal 200watt solar kit from Bluetti and get out of the vicinity of any metro area asap. That way your van can be totally stealth using the foldable Bluetti solar panels. Any real food supply chain problem for even a few weeks, and the metro golems will turn cannibal. Go total...
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    Digi-Key Workamper

    I may work for Digi-Key soon, but first I'm going to Phoenix to apply with Vista Recreation (RLM-CLM formerly I believe) in person. I'd rather work as a campground host if they have openings on the eastern side of the Sierra mountains.
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    Starlink - The Movie - Is Starlink Any Good? Good For Nomads?? From a Nomad using 6 months.

    $30/mo. but you have to pay in advance $90 for 90 days to begin, then $360 for a year, again in advance. But it's unlimited everything. And yes, it's T-Mobile backbone, so I have a Visible dot com $40/mo. prepaid account (Verizon) and phone as well, which make up for each other's respective...
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    Starlink - The Movie - Is Starlink Any Good? Good For Nomads?? From a Nomad using 6 months.

    I just use Mint which has unlimited data, and have a Samsung tablet with phone capabilities.
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    Yuma winter gigs

    Home Depot had 4-hour shifts in Florida, but not sure about here in Yuma. I'm looking at all the Craigslist stuff, but I'll probably go to Phoenix or near there and check a few things out, while I'm waiting for a campground host job to come up. Still waiting on my AC unit. I'll be on CB soon...
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    Probably leaving the forum

    I could run this entire site on $20/month, maybe half that. Did it for 15 years with unlimited bandwidth, unlimited databases, etc. with one of the largest sunglasses websites on the internet--$11/month. All kinds of free forum software, plugins, etc. including live chat if I had wanted to run...
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    I've discovered a unique way to keep my van considerably COOLER.

    Not sure, but i'm putting Lanco 15-year white (goes on very light blue) roof sealant on my van top, but in very thin layers, 3 of them, with a couple of days in between the coats. Reflects 90% of the heat. Proven by neighbors where I live and I used it to put in a greenhouse channeled grow sheet...
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    I've discovered a unique way to keep my van considerably COOLER.

    I'm wondering if you're bilge fan is too fast and changing out cooled air too soon. Anyway it's just a factor to consider. I would consider using the heaviest duty computer network server fan (if there's some way to substitute it in or reroute to it just for a comparison test) and see how it...
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    Rocky Mountain Recreation Camp Host Jobs?

    Does anyone know their vaccination and mask requirements for working as a campground host? Thank you in advance for any information on this.
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    Gig Job - Storm relief work yard crew

    What is the name of the company? @grumpygrizzly Agreed on fb. To youth fb is a mark of stupidity, which i think is facebook's hilarious karma. Boomer thinks if i'm on facebook, woo I be cool digital person for sure now and kids/grandkids will no longer think i'm a clueless moron. Wrong.
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    New topic: How much computing power do you need, v/s how much electrical power do you have?

    Both the tablet and phone will be 5v each, if you get a regular or even portable monitor, that's 110v, 30-60 watts, not sure how many amps, but the tablet is the way to go for me because its energy is close to a phone. So the only remaining question for me now is to mirror the phone onto the...
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    New topic: How much computing power do you need, v/s how much electrical power do you have?

    Everything seems headed for phone apps. There are a bunch of very good video editors for android and iphone, which anyone can discover by just searching on youtube. I think we're going to see monitors in the form of tablet-like companions to phones via hdmi or C cables. Right now, I'm planning...
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    Comfortable folding chair?

    I bit the bullet for two different ones and glad I did. Both of these are incredible, although pricey. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06WGP41C1 and https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H2QFRB7
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    Los Algadones Dental work

    I would call the dental office you're going to. They will surely know or know of a solution. I'll be there in a few months, I'll either go to Urena who is now in the nearby MX town just west of Algodones, or else Rubio.
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    New topic: How much computing power do you need, v/s how much electrical power do you have?

    So can you just plug it into a monitor? I'd like to get one if it worked without a regular computer. Thanks for posting this.
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