"No subscriptions.
No advertisements.
No machine learning generated code.
No resource-hogging, CPU/GPU-intensive bloatware.
No phoning home or collecting private data of any kind.
No obscurantist programming languages and styles.
No marketing-driven design."
https://tomodashi.com/philosophy
I wonder what my list of principles would look like. I imagine there would be quite some overlap.
I found the only way to read the Silmarillion, one finger at your location, one finger at Appendix I, another at Appendix II, one at the family trees, one at the map and one at, yeah, you've ran out of fingers.
At the end of the day, my hand in stuck in a perma claw position.
welcome to Metacity 3
(part 1: https://merveilles.town/@prahou/114721489638606188 )
(next: https://merveilles.town/@prahou/114729098024425433 )
i have sat down with a few people over the years. they came to me complaining about how hard python or scratch was, and i installed VICE emulator on their computer. within minutes of writing their first joke GOTO or INPUT program, i have had people vibrating in their seats with excitement--"wow, i can program!!"
that feeling is something i want to replicate and multiply among people, giving people "software freedom" through a sense of mastery and success.
Rant re: Signal Shills being dangerous Tech Illiterates
Seriously, #Signal fans are just #cultists who are unwilling to even consider the possibility that @signalapp as a #VCmoneyBurningParty isn't sustainable or that @Mer__edith and her predecessor, #Shitcoin-#Scam - shilling #CryptoBro #Moxie ain't their best friends and would happily risk jail for them.
- I may sound like Hans Bühler at this point, but Signal has a stench that is very much reminiscent of #ANØM & #CryptoAG!
I #ToldYaSo and when the evidence is there, I do expect public apologies from every single one of you shills that live on a "#TrustMeBro!" mentality believing every advertising lie!
- Teach kids proper #TechLiteracy instead and get gud at it. Do a @cryptoparty@mastodon.earth / @cryptoparty@chaos.social / #CryptoParty and use real #E2EE like #PGP/MIME & #XMPP+#OMEMO FFS!
If Signal was actually secure, it would be used by every single "Darknet Drug Lord"!
- But guess why they'd rather teach stuff like #OfflinePGP method instead?
@permacomputer good to hear, I was wondering from time to time : )
@vidak I was told there is a c64 basic for modern computers
@vidak
yabasic is pretty good, generally 8-bit MS BASIC compatible.
Not packaged there, but very compatible, is Chipmunk:
http://www.nicholson.com/rhn/basic/
Hmmm...
https://wiki.debian.org/ProgrammingLanguage#BASIC
BASIC implementations packaged by debian 12:
FreeBasic (libfreebasic already packaged, fbc not yet. Very Microsoft QBasic compatible (graphics))
brandy (BBC BASIC)
bwbasic (Bywater BASIC)
Scriba
pcbasic (GW-BASIC compatible basic interpreter)
yabasic
qb64
I wonder what the most common current BASIC implementation is.
Been thinking about BASIC zines.
YOUTH AGAINST WAR AND FASCISM
Organisation Listing What does Youth Against War and Fascism stand for? The opposite of war is the presence of justice. The opposite of fascism is the presence of liberty, solidarity and equality. Ultimately YAWF wants a world that works for everyone and in which everyone is included. What work does YAWF do? It promotes among young people consciousness about the dangers of the AUKUS agreement to stimulate them to become active in…
https://moraleconomy.au/2025/06/21/youth-against-war-and-fascism/
starting a @bean fan club and calling it The Fabian Society
Article: THE NGO INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
This is an excellent statement. I agree with practically all of it. Please support the author at their kofi profile. Blair Vidak. Instagram Listing Text Many people assume NGOs are on the frontlines of justice—but the reality is more complicated. The NGO industrial complex describes the ways non-profits and charities often uphold the very systems they claim to oppose. Far from being neutral helpers, NGOs can and do exploit the poor,…
https://moraleconomy.au/2025/06/21/article-the-ngo-industrial-complex/
Computers used to have personality
beep.
this project is still active, just at a very slow pace...
it has been some time since the parts all arrived.
life intervened, but i still have all the parts.
this exists and is of relevance to the project:
https://github.com/slviajero/tinybasic
the options for the construction of the permacomputer were:
- late-70s era microcomputer spec TTL technology (6502, Z80...)
this was the final concept:
https://git.sr.ht/~vidak/peoples-permacomputer/tree/master/item/log/2024-11-28-start-phase-2.md
- current era micro-controllers
it seems to vidak at least that it would be a good option to run tinybasic on an MCU, combined with the video output design from the final concept?
