bluGill

The bigger point about cloud that most miss is make sure you are paying them a reasonably price for the service. So long as you are the customer and not the product the cloud can be good.

First question: what will you do about data backup? Nextcloud and Immich both imply important data that you don’t want to lose. You say you have some harddrives, so look for some computer that can take more than one harddrive and then setup RAID with snapshots. I’d go for a RAID setup such that you need two drives to fail before you lose data, but there are plenty of debate. We often say RAID is not a backup - you should start thinking about the next step in your backup setup soon.

Used vs new is always the question. In general the newer the system the less power it will use to do the same work. However ARM will almost always use less power than x86 even if the x86 is much newer. I specified work here, your computer will nothing most of the time so idle power matters too.

I can think of few things teens do more embarrassing than making someone else change your dirty diapers.

I’m one of the lucky few who have a pension. I do not have enough savings to last until the pension kicks in, and in any case the pension is less than my current income, but I could live off my pension and social security alone.

Nearly everybody who speaks English is rich. We just have no clue who poor other parts of the world are and so think of ourselves as poor.

good tents are worth the money. The heavy canvas ones are great if not too far from a car, but too heavy to carry far.

Depends on the tent. Some stakes first some last. Dome tents stakes last, most everything else first

I have a tuner app, drum machine, and recording apps on my phone. I like to pretend I can play trumpet, mandolin, piano, hammered dulcimer… which means I practice something nearly every day.

America is not a capitalist society. It is a clasical liberal society. The core concept is you can work for whatever you want and thus obtain it.

they do open windows. They also close them. When they do that depends on the situation.

livewise they sit outside at times. They also sit insides.

There are many different hot climates with different situations. You cannot make a blanket statement. And you cannot look at what they do today when ac is common to figrue it out (where at is common)

Look at old hot climates.

notice the afternoon siesta. Sleep in the shade in the hot of the day and work (play) later into the night.

notice large covered porches around the house. Spend more time outside in the breeze and shade.

notice the large windows and doors. When you are inside get plenty of ventilation-

notice the ceiling fan (often slave pulled). Be glad we now have electric fans.

notice the folding hand fans. Portable fans exist, though most of the time the hand fan is better - get one.

They were mostly had such poor insulation as to be not worth having because of the losses in winter. There is a good reason most people hove tore them out when they get ac.

No tides as a large moon would knock any other moons out of orbit - this means the moons are too small to support a tide.

Location matters. Cheyenne with a population of 65,132 is large enough to expect good medical care (though I didn’t look this up - you should!), and is only a few hours drive from Denver. It is also small enough that you can live practically in the city while also being in the rural exurbs. Something like this may be a good compromise depending on exactly why you want live in a rural area and what you want. There are other “cities” with good enough medical care available (and don’t forget to look just across the border at other states). Maybe you can find a best of both worlds situation.

That said, you should be thinking about what next. Because at your age things can go downhill fast. You need to have good long term care for a nursing home (make sure it is good - you don’t want to be in a nursing home that stinks like a sewer system so don’t buy on cost). Make sure you have a plan on how and where you will move “back” when/if life forces it on you.

Remember farming/ranching is dangerous. Make sure you understand all the safety processes and don’t cut corners. You are doing this as a hobby so feel free to lose money or hire out things.

That said, staying active in old age is your best way to get and stay health such that you can do those things. Those who sit around on the couch after retiring tend to die quick. My great-uncle ran his North Dakota ranch until 95 and only stopped because he couldn’t care for his wife’s Alzheimer’s and run the ranch, I believe the activity is part of why he lived so long.

Versital perhaps but overrated since there are plenty of other chemical mixtures out there and a different one is usually better.

I have known a lot of good looking girls who I only want to see via binoculars - that way I can enjoy the eye candy but their terrible personality is invisible. Fortunately there are plenty of nice girls that are also good looking that I can get close to.

You should know that wd is for water displacement. If you are trying to do anything else there is a better chemical you should use instead.

I have had raw milk in the past - long before it was the in thing. I visited a farmer (his daughter wasn’t as hot as I was lead to believe) and they just got their milk from the tank after milking was done. Since then I can’t stand store bought milk. Though I suspect fresh is what matters more than raw.

Still knowing what I do now I won’t drink it again.