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[–] • 8 pts

That is the stupidest shit I've read in a while.

A less-stable house boat is what they built. It requires drones to deliver food, but they hope it will be self-sufficient in the future? The amount of resources used to build one of these "smart" homes and keep it running on modern electronics is staggering.

Want an actual self-sustainable ocean lifestyle? Get a boat and a crew. Fish for your food, and have the ability to move to land if/when you run out. Those stupid floating pods are slow suicide.

[–] • 6 pts

I was going to say something along the lines of "Don't we already have these things called boats?"

[–] • 2 pts

Congratulations, you created a house boat, except yours doesn't float. Nice work.

[–] • 0 pt

It doesn't matter if it doesn't float and the company collapses, they can claim they had super high diversity!

[–] • 2 pts

but, but this is NEW technology, lol.

[–] • 2 pts

Sure, they might be slow suicides. But you'd get a tone of instagram followers if you lived on one, so that's good enough for today's attention starved narcissist.

[–] • 1 pt

TIL, an entirely new definition for the term, "self-sufficient".

A wearable smart ring would enable residents to summon drones or automotive vehicles to deliver food. Eventually, the developers hope it could be entirely self-sufficient.

Apparently it means, "Entirely dependent on external lines of support to supply all basic survival needs except maybe breathing.

[–] • 1 pt

You hit this on the head. What happens when "insert random electrical component here" fails and they no longer make them or you have to "upgrade" just to keep the thing floating?

At least a "old' boat design will still just float if there is no power or a sail is torn.

[–] • 4 pts

If I was thinking about spending $300K on a 'sea pod' I'd spend it instead on a boat. One that could... you know... move out of the way of storms, should the need arise.

[–] • 2 pts

Why the hell would they use air-filled tubes to make it float instead of just having a larger footprint? With that you could then turn all that extra space into something functional like a dock.

[–] • 2 pts

The ultra-minimalist home

No thanks.

[–] • 1 pt

And here I thought the ultra-minimalist home was a cardboard box surrounded by used crack pipes.

[–] • 0 pt

Well you got the crack pipes part right. But the big guy has set the standard. You have to fly around telling people to live a minimalist life while selling paintings in exchange for your dad's phone number.

[–] • 2 pts

The part of the structure that sits beneath the water is designed to become a marine life ecosystem.

All of it now

[–] • 1 pt

That ecosystem would add more weight too.

[–] • 1 pt

And then you get a hurricane or a good gust which chops up the water and sends waves smacking into this thing so it starts to bounce up and down knocking everything all over the place inside the house. Just like a boat....

[–] • 0 pt

Just use a houseboat. Things are comfy if you know what you're doing and aren't prone to motion sickness.

[–] • 0 pt

Was it built by Banksy?

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

It's an oversized Futuro House from 1969 on a tall pedestal on a small boat. Of course it's overbalanced and top-heavy. What next from these geniuses, a 1981 arcade cabinet bolted on top of a unicycle?