I think the problem is being able to find work there without in-demand skills to get an employer to sponsor a work visa.
I know someone who moved to Mexico and lived off their social security money. They lived pretty well, but they had trouble dealing with social security remotely and their benefits were cut off. Even in the wealthyish expat community they were in they couldn't find enough off the books work to live.
Clickspring has an amazing series where he builds a replica of this using techniques from the era. He makes the drill, vise, files, etc from raw materials, its really interesting.
In the process he actually discovered a key detail about what it's purpose was and helped write a paper about it.
There's a really good podcast episode that dives into how photography rarely captures reality as it exists, but instead is the expression of the photographer. I came away from it with a greater appreciation of the art of photography, and also a more nuanced view on these kinds of staged photographs.
This photo was staged, but is it not expressing real feelings about the great depression? I get why people get angry when they feel like photographs lie, but I think the right response is the realize that all photographs lie to some extent. The photographer is showing you what they want you to see, framed and focused how they want it, chosen from dozens of similar shots to express the reality that they chose.
I wish I had more time to better explain myself, but I'll drop the podcast link in case anyone wants to listen.
Electron microscope image of an ant:
It might have hissed before I got outside, but I didn't hear it. It tried to run away from the direction I was coming from and got stuck in the corner between a fence and my garage.
I used to think that move was a silly adaptation until I saw it in person. I think opossums are absolute cuties, but this one was pretty freaky looking, I get why it works now.
My indoor cat escaped one time(he's fine) so I set food out and aimed a cheap ip camera at it hoping to see him. One night I saw something on it, and when I got out there I had cornered an opossum. It was frozen completely still with it teeth bared and froth in its mouth. It was pretty freaky looking.
Every time someone says this, they should get the opportunity to become more resistant to public flogging
If it's a smart TV, and connected to internet, you can probably use one of those remote apps to control it.
Otherwise, a harmony remote can probably control it. You can check your model number this webpage to see if they have support for it. Harmony are discontinued, but the software still works, and there are a lot available on eBay. The harmony 650 is ~$25 and should work with any device on their compatibility list
It's probably never going to exist anyway. They made these 2 prototypes, but even Elon is saying they won't start manufacturing until 2026. He also prefaced it by saying he has a tendency to overpromise on dates, so they've probably not even started working on it.
I didn't see the ad, but yeah he's a lib as far as I know, and sometimes gives an overly charitable view before the evidence is out.
I will say that at least he brings a lot of attention to stuff like this and he does bring civil rights actions against the police for a living.
Cumtown was on a list of leftists podcasts I saw before I'd ever heard of it. I got some clips of it in my YouTube feed and it was all racial jokes and jokes where the punchline is someone is gay.
I use metube, which is a web based front end for yt-dpl/youtube-dl. It's useful if you run a Plex server or a host-your-own-music server(like subsonic). I can log in to the front end, paste in a video/playlist link, and it downloads it into a folder that Plex can pick up.
It's probably overkill unless you self-host a media server, though.