Back in the dirt ages, computers were enormous things. Some of them were the size of your hand. Really enormous ones could be the size of your torso. They hooked up to household power, hundreds of volts (and people TOUCHED these things!). They were so inefficient they needed cooling fans, like they were some sort of information furnace.
These days we kind of forget computers exist, they're just there, woven into the nanomaterials of our homes and furniture and appliances. Only those of us who write software for them really notice them. This can be a problem, if you've had one rice-grain-sized compute unit go berserk and start sending out spurious notifications. I'm wandering around the building with a scanner, but I did too good a job implementing stealth mode, I can't find the little blighter. I really hope I don't have to EMP-burst the house (again) to make this one JUST. SHUT. UP.
created a new retrocomputing space on matrix
could not find a recently active one https://matrix.to/#/#retrocomputing:matrix.solarpunk.au
I accidentally tried to upload 7gb of star trek episodes to mastodon
that was a terrible mispaste
The nav bar on 100r.co was getting a bit too long(so much content), and it was causing problems on mobile.
So, we now have all of the content nested under 5 categories, each represented by an algae-eared rabbit :).
(note that I'm still working on the website at the moment ^^)
hi please don't forget this is a project i also maintain
"Originally, the people's permacomputer project was an attempt to physically realise a permacomputer. After thorough research into the contemporary efforts to build small, accessible and easily constructed hobbyist computers, it became clear that the task of the permacomputer project was not necessarily to adopt or replicate the efforts of the actual great numbers of others.
"Luckily, the focus of this project was always broader than just something concrete and tangible. We also suggested the development of a list of suggested social and cultural practices around computing that would assist in the continued human practice of electronic computing."
#lispyGopherClimate Pre-rec today. I got pulled away again.
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The actual outcome of this election with •the whole US population• as the denominator:
22% voted for Harris
23% voted for Trump
<1% voted for other
26% eligible but did not vote*
28% not eligible to vote
* (whether by choice or by voter suppression)
Numbers might shift a tiny bit as last votes are counted, but this is close to the final tally.
Just sit with that for one quality minute. Think about what stories people are telling about this election. Then think about what stories are true.
@alcinnz @permacomputer was a little project i started a while ago to answer this question!
i seem to remember you can make gallium-arsenide transistors by hand
i personally would not be opposed to going back to 70s/80s microcomputer technology, it was very educational and promoted literacy
Lets say your region becomes isolated for some reason: How'd you build computers in that situation?
If I understand correctly there's plenty of factories around the world capable of manufacturing 1980s-era microchips. And if your region doesn't have one, projectors can with some effort be repurposed to write microscopic circuits onto photosensitive silicon.
You'd still need to find somewhere to get the materials... And purify them... I don't feel qualified to comment on that!
1/3?
mastodon was created on an abandoned oil rig by gargron, a mad scientist's creation, to steal the dreams of its users because he is himself unable to dream
girls, if there was ever any time to switch to open-source cad software, that time is this year
we got the first stable release of freecad, and the first stable release of dune3d, what more do you want
Reasons To Hate Capitalism #167 - Capitalism kills, but its killers never go to jail #capitalism #anticapitalism
your side project doesn't need to change the world. if it makes you happy, it's already a success. 😊
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some_guy123 said: Is there a way to do [x]? I really want to do [x] but I can’t find a way how. Thanks!
i_am_so_smart said: Here I’ll walk you through it: Go to www.goople.fart, enter your question into the box, hit go, and then click on one of the many links that pop up! Gee isn’t the internet amazing? You idiot? You stupid fucking idiot? Person who doesn’t know how to use the internet fucking idoit baby stupid idiot
in the last panel, the person on the laptop looks toward the viewer with an annoyed expression](https://cdn.masto.host/plush/media_attachments/files/113/509/863/660/331/334/original/976bf89eaa21113a.jpeg "(Alt text provided by @arcana@void.lgbt)
4-panel comic. panel one shows a person using a laptop. panel two shows the page for a search engine titled goople.fart. Search text: “How do I do [X]?” Results include three large boxes that each say AD and a link titled TOPIC: Is there a way to do [x]? panel three shows two posts from the topic.
some_guy123 said: Is there a way to do [x]? I really want to do [x] but I can’t find a way how. Thanks!
i_am_so_smart said: Here I’ll walk you through it: Go to www.goople.fart, enter your question into the box, hit go, and then click on one of the many links that pop up! Gee isn’t the internet amazing? You idiot? You stupid fucking idiot? Person who doesn’t know how to use the internet fucking idoit baby stupid idiot
in the last panel, the person on the laptop looks toward the viewer with an annoyed expression")
