I've often wondered how much it would cost to learn HVAC stuff myself and then set up a "business" so I could purchase the the necessary items to DIY AC fixes.
I was under a similar impression. I recall it being a midly interesting idea, before a lot of people determined it had too many issues and it fizzled out and the company began to push some other project.
I looked at going back to school for about a year and and no matter how I spun the numbers I wouldn't be able to afford it. I dont have the time, space or likely the coherency to explain it all in a single HN comment, but the way the costs were structured and the financial aid system struck me as quite blunty, incredibly stupid.
I saw a comment on HN the other day about bay area nurses making like $200k. Idk how true it is, but fuck if so, what the hell am I doing with my life.
IDK if it's a reason to lose hope. It just means we can't invent civilisation on the fly. It doesn't mean we can't acquire civilisation. People made university. We'll make other stuff too, eventually.
I mean I suppose it's possible to suffer heat related injuries or dehydration, but people have survived in equal or worse climates, so I assume you dont mean that literally.
Generally though, the heat is pretty bad, particularly if you're stuck inside with no AC. I've had a couple rounds of that and its certainly not comfortable at all. Honestly I'm sick of southeastern weather.
I switched a couple *nix machines I had to ctwm a while back. Its a neat manager if you want to go for a "retro" twm look but want a few more features Config is mostly like twm but more options.
