The 4% rule always sounded too aggressive for me but yeah, there are spots around the globe where you could theoretically take your $600k and peace out to an early retirement, leading a pretty basic lifestyle (check the list). Source: 12 months ago

Have you had a look at https://nomadlist.com/fire yet? Source: over 1 year ago

Someone else posted this one, and there are probably other cost of living "calculators" out there where you can input income and find places you can afford to live. Source: over 1 year ago

The Nomad list has a FIRE calculator that used to be free and would list a bunch of cities all over the world and when/how much you would need to FIRE there based on your numbers. You need to sign up and pay a one time $90 fee now to access everything (I think like the top 10 places you could FIRE at this very moment/soonest) for free still though. It was really fun to play around and fantasize about retiring of I... Source: over 1 year ago

NomadList has a page on this: https://nomadlist.com/fire. Source: over 1 year ago

My most recommended method for beginners has always been PD (https://puredata.info/) combined with The Theory and Technique of Electronic Music: (https://msp.ucsd.edu/techniques/latest/book.pdf) and this book (https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262014410/designing-sound/). Eli's tutorials on SuperCollider are also very helpful: https://www.youtube.com/@elifieldsteel Of course, my project Glicol can also be helpful for... - Source: Hacker News / 3 days ago

For node based workflows, check out Max or Pure Data. https://cycling74.com/products/max https://puredata.info/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

Tools like Ossia Score, Chataigne and PureData (pd) can also help a ton in building interactive art and triggering other A/V software. Source: about 1 year ago

WebPd is a highly modular compiler for audio programming language Pure Data allowing to run .pd patches on web pages. It converts the audio graph and processing objects from a patch into plain human-readable JavaScript or WebAssembly which can then be integrated directly into any web application. Source: about 1 year ago

You might also be interested in the very different Pure Data (http://puredata.info/) environment, which is also free and open-source. It uses a visual programming approach, which many people like but if you are already a programmer it might seem inconvenient in comparison. Source: about 1 year ago