The Library Futures event was insanely cool, folks came from all over, the room was packed with conversation about repair, ways to fight back digital obsolescence, Altairs 8800(?). It sure feels like the start of a #permacomputing hub in Victoria. Thanks to everyone who turned up!

This episode also features a hacker working on a clearly self-maintained and repaired laptop held together with duct tape.

This guy obviously adheres to #permacomputing principles and more than likely runs #Plan9.

#TheXFiles

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A man in a suit working intensely on a laptop in a dimly lit room.

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A man in a dark suit working on a computer in a dimly lit room.

MAJOR ANNOUCEMENT!!!

I along with @kishy have started Indian Permacomputing Collective called Nodus Tollens, and we are gonna kick things off by presenting "Permacomputing: A Humane Computing Paradigm" talk in the upcomping minidebconf, kanpur² . Please go REGISTER if can visit there.

So I asked @j3s this also want you ask you all the folks here who are more versed into permacomputing than me:

- "How should I introduce `permacomputing` to someone who is fully into current freedom destroying technologies?"

The talk will be around 15 min + 5 min for q&a.

So please give your inputs, how can I condense this very vast topic, I know this will be very hard but still I would want to make atleast someone curious about this via my talk.

1 - https://nodus-tollens.codeberg.page
2 - https://pleroma.debian.social/objects/d07cd5c2-852b-4b25-97f4-20ea33f78fc4

#permacomputing #fedi #debian

#permacomputing

EVERYTHING’S GOING TO BE OK
Implementing a tiny virtual machine, assembler, and compiler

The thesis of Tre O’Neal
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7765&context=theses_etds

#uxn #permacomputing

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Finally, and arguably most importantly, this project reflects an interest in creativity and independence in computing. Building an entire software ecosystem, from a low- level virtual machine to an assembler and compiler – can be both educational and empowering. I bring up a lot of the reasons behind why I took specific approaches while creating the software for this thesis, but by far the most important aspect was that I was having fun – it is entertaining to make things, whether they are software or other creative activities like writing or painting or music – and by the end of it, you have a cool project that you created entirely by yourself, that is just as fun to play around with as it was to make

#uxn #permacomputing #solarpunk :)

transcript at 100r.ca

#permacomputing

#uxn #permacomputing #assembly

#lowtech #permacomputing