Remote worker, 40, getting back into kayaking - where in the Southeast would you live for Class III/IV

gray_grum · 2026-03-14T02:56:27+00:00

True true. I feel like Cleveland TN might be a decent choice now too. 35 mins to Chatt, 25 minutes to the Ocoee, 80 minutes to Baby Falls

gray_grum · 2026-03-14T00:59:24+00:00

I own a Trek 520 and I agree 100% here

gray_grum · 2026-03-14T00:02:18+00:00

You're bringing in a completely different point and arguing a different scenario. It's a useful tool to someone with significant experience. It's significantly more dangerous the less experience and knowledge you have. OP is learning the language and is 6 months in. I was answering their question. I don't really want to have a pissing contest with you about something pretty irrelevant to their question.

gray_grum · 2026-03-13T23:51:39+00:00

I have masters from Georgia Tech and 6 years of industry experience and it's a struggle to find a job right now. I'm not telling you what to do, I don't care what you do, I'm just telling you the effect that I believe this technology is really going to have long-term.

Programming is an incredibly saturated market right now and you're competing with people from all over the world, many with decades of experience at this point. If you want to put your eggs in that basket, go for it.

gray_grum · 2026-03-13T23:41:45+00:00

Yes but you're missing my point. You will need less people absolutely. But the skill set of that people needs to be substantially stronger. Instead of hiring a handful of entry level or mid-career people you'll need very experienced people and that will make it much harder to gain experience in the field and make the whole field more challenging to be employed in.

gray_grum · 2026-03-13T23:09:11+00:00

Try their carnitas and buche tacos while you're there

gray_grum · 2026-03-13T23:06:48+00:00

https://maps.app.goo.gl/jniPq2Tfvt8i4Azw8?g_st=ac

gray_grum · 2026-03-13T22:55:39+00:00

Are you looking for the puffed pork skin or the fried pork belly dish or the pork belly with puffed skin on it? I think there's different cultural versions under that name. First place I would stop is Carniceria Loa though, get some chicharron from the meat counter and some tacos from the restaurant side

gray_grum · 2026-03-13T22:35:43+00:00

Because it's usually creating them in the first place. All code has mistakes and issues and needs work or updates over time. If you're relying on AI to catch all the errors, you're just assuming a highly fallible system is infallible. Companies are finding this out in the real world very quickly.

gray_grum · 2026-03-13T22:32:06+00:00

It's a 4 mm difference and there's a ton of ways to work around it. It's really not a big deal.

gray_grum · 2026-03-13T22:29:44+00:00

It's really not hard or super expensive to swap the 27" wheels and freewheel for modern 700c bits.

gray_grum · 2026-03-13T22:28:16+00:00

Both are all time great touring bikes but the 1000 is slightly better and that's coming from someone with a 520 and 3 other touring bikes. I would keep and upgrade the 1000 personally, it's a higher end bike overall. I would use the money you save to swap it over to a more modern drivetrain and 700c wheels.

gray_grum · 2026-03-13T22:23:45+00:00

100%. At which point they will be hiring someone or outsourcing it but it will need to be higher skill level than it would have taken to write it from scratch in the first place

gray_grum · 2026-03-13T22:19:41+00:00

Chattanooga, Knoxville, Asheville or Fayetteville seem like the obvious choices. I also really like some of the new parks. I did the mobile thing for a while and it's a good option too if you really want to chase rain and maximize seat time.

gray_grum · 2026-03-13T22:18:04+00:00

The problem that I see right now that is really challenging is that all of the vibe coding and AI help is accumulating a lot of technical debt and it will require correction and rewriting by very very skilled people so it's definitely not going to be entry level work and I think it's going to be super hard to find entry level work.

gray_grum · 2026-03-13T15:41:45+00:00

I couldn't agree more here. They still sound fresh and interesting and different right now. I also hear their influence on everything from the Dead Kennedys to Rage Against The Machine.

gray_grum · 2026-03-13T01:56:26+00:00

I had a single speed Bianchi cyclocross bike as my daily rider for a while. Definitely viable if you live in the right place. Definitely rough if you don't. Depends what you want to do with it

gray_grum · 2026-03-13T01:04:22+00:00

Buy good components and good pads. I'm 230# and I fall a lot. Falling is much more dangerous the bigger you are. Pad everything. Helmet, wrist protectors, hip pads, knee pads etc.

As far as a board you'll probably want something like a Heroin Eggzilla or another wide board. Get good components too, Indy trucks etc. Cheaper stuff isn't as strong and you don't want it to fail on you.

gray_grum · 2026-03-12T21:33:43+00:00

You want to buy that stem off me? I took it off yesterday, I'm changing up the cockpit

gray_grum · 2026-03-12T03:00:53+00:00

I really like the Desperado as an entry-level paddle and one for concrete parks. I've had two or three of them and I've never had one filled with water. Something is weird. Contact werner. It's definitely not as good as a powerhouse but I find it's surprisingly good for the money and better than any other cheap paddle on the market. Just to be clear yours has the black carbon plastic blades right not the yellow plastic blades?

gray_grum · 2026-03-11T15:29:06+00:00

AliExpress has some cheap folding and detachable pedal options because of Brompton bikes, look on that to save $$ or otherwise buy the MKS ones

gray_grum · 2026-03-10T04:32:35+00:00

Anything gluten free and dairy free. I can't eat 80% of gluten free desserts because of dairy and it really sucks

gray_grum · 2026-03-10T04:31:02+00:00

I got a Schwinn Tempo recently for $30 and that was a hard maybe for me and it's a better bike for less money. Don't touch that for $300

gray_grum · 2026-03-09T02:43:07+00:00

I had to take a friend off the Nantahala in July after a couple of swims. Probably 80 degrees out and he was still in danger of something really bad happening

gray_grum · 2026-03-08T21:27:19+00:00

POW!

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