California homeless can not without the Internet
The Wall Street Journal has published a colorful photo essay about the life of the Kathonian Internet homeless people. For example, 37-year-old Charles Pitts (pictured) from his “residence” under the San Francisco Highway Bridge blogs on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.
“You don't need a TV, you don't need a radio, you don't even need newspapers. But you definitely need the Internet, ”says Charles Pitts, 37. He lost the house and became a bum two years ago. Like many other Americans who have fallen into this situation, he abandoned all that was superfluous, but he could not refuse from the Internet. Immediately bought a Toshiba laptop, when he broke down, acquired Dell.
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Surprisingly, this is not an isolated case. There are entire communities of Internet homeless people in different states, and city authorities organize charitable camps for them where they can fix laptops, get high-speed Internet, get computer courses, and study online job vacancies.
Pitts knows a dozen places where you can recharge the battery. For example, a service outlet at a subway station.
In the next photo is the 64-year-old homeless man Skip Schreiber, an amateur philosopher who lives in a rusty van. He bought a laptop four years ago (he recently changed it to a mac to save electricity), and right in his car he enjoys the benefits of digital civilization around the clock via paid Wi-Fi. Schreiber installed a diesel generator in his house, and spends $ 4-5 per day on gasoline, but he has no problems with power supply.
Homeless geeks download the latest kinonovinki from torrents, read interesting books and live a full social life. “The example of Mr. Pitts shows how deeply computers and the Internet have entered the life of modern society,” writes the Wall Street Journal.
“You don't need a TV, you don't need a radio, you don't even need newspapers. But you definitely need the Internet, ”says Charles Pitts, 37. He lost the house and became a bum two years ago. Like many other Americans who have fallen into this situation, he abandoned all that was superfluous, but he could not refuse from the Internet. Immediately bought a Toshiba laptop, when he broke down, acquired Dell.
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Surprisingly, this is not an isolated case. There are entire communities of Internet homeless people in different states, and city authorities organize charitable camps for them where they can fix laptops, get high-speed Internet, get computer courses, and study online job vacancies.
Pitts knows a dozen places where you can recharge the battery. For example, a service outlet at a subway station.
In the next photo is the 64-year-old homeless man Skip Schreiber, an amateur philosopher who lives in a rusty van. He bought a laptop four years ago (he recently changed it to a mac to save electricity), and right in his car he enjoys the benefits of digital civilization around the clock via paid Wi-Fi. Schreiber installed a diesel generator in his house, and spends $ 4-5 per day on gasoline, but he has no problems with power supply.
Homeless geeks download the latest kinonovinki from torrents, read interesting books and live a full social life. “The example of Mr. Pitts shows how deeply computers and the Internet have entered the life of modern society,” writes the Wall Street Journal.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/61066/
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