capitalism is all about waste. ultimately the reason why is the reign of private property.
i do not see any reason why we should not treat computer resources the same as any other under capitalism.
so perhaps the observation that modern computers are still slow is due to the fact we are wasting significant amounts of their power.
this could be a good direction for the @permacomputer project.
web browsers, mandatory AI at the operating system level, computer languages with huge runtimes... all these are a target for ruthless criticism.
The "see also" section of Wikipedia page on "Memex" [1] is a treasure trove of cool concepts that ended up nowhere. Inspiring stuff, makes me want to implement my own knowledge indexing system! (The fact that I don't have much knowledge is ignorable for now.)
Ever since I've upscaled þe font in Left, þat tiny 8x8 cursor became much too easy to loose track of, so I've snatched Symbolics Genera's pretty 8x16 cursor and will use it instead.
i love this. /u/The_Inventer has written some python software that lets their HP 48GX dial into a bbs using a laptop as a serial proxy:
HP48G's being the only real alternative to a TI-85. 😎
Interlisp windows have no visible close button as the system predates modern GUI conventions.To close a window right-click on the title bar or inside the window (unless the application overrides the click) and select Close from the popup menu.
The menu lets you also clear (Clear), send to the background (Bury), redraw (Redisplay), move (Move), resize (Shape), and minimize (Shrink; middle-click to expand) the window.
funny news points for the first person to try out tiktoks recommendation algorithm for a fediverse server
https://github.com/bytedance/monolith
XBONE YEAR IN REVIEW 2024
Total time
2,170h
Games played
41
Preferred platform
Xbone Console
Top 1% of players for time played
#1 top played game
Hogwarts Legacy
Time played
874h
#2 top played game
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Time played
336h
#3 top played game
Biomutant
Time played
201h
Other Favourites
4 - Borderlands 3
5 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
6 - STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order
7 - Fallout 4
8 - Omno
9 - Stellaris: Console Edition
10 - Cyberpunk 2077
11 - Battlefield™ 1
12 - Subnautica
13 - Destiny 2
14 - The Outer Worlds
15 - Another Crab's Treasure
16 - Minecraft
17 - Cocoon
18 - Path of Exile
19 - ASTRONEER
20 - Risk of Rain 2
I've decided to offer *512GB* NVMe SSDs, instead of 240GB NVMe, on the base specs for all computers sold at https://minifree.org/
1TB/2TB NVMe upgrade also available like before. The 512GB option is the same price as the 240GB option was.
Libreboot pre-installed, replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware. Your choice of Debian Linux, other Linux distro or a BSD system.
Libreboot offers greater security and boot speeds than the vendor firmware. I'm Libreboot's founder; sales fund development.
Scotty: "Admiral, there be whales here!"
The jank programming language
https://compiler-research.org/blogs/jank_intro/
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://compiler-research.org/blogs/jank_intro/
Just made a donation to the OpenBSD foundation to support the project 
We need to reach that funding goal 
OpenBSD support matters, keeping competition between open source operating systems is important for innovation and security 
https://www.openbsdfoundation.org/campaign2024.html
My electric screwdriver wasn't giving me enough torque and I remembered this little gem
spent some time video recording (what i assume to be) an old pamphlet from days of the democratic socialist party here in australia.
i turned it into a video essay. it is 22 minutes long, so not for the faint of heart.
i think the pamphlet does a great job of giving a summary of marxist class analysis--the cornerstone of radical leftism's science of socialist revolution.
Any headline that starts with “Elon Musk says” should be followed by a warning label, like a can of rat poison: “Do not ingest unless you want your brain to leak out”
