Making software that runs repeatedly or continuously, like CI jobs, more efficient also means less energy. If you’re working on OSS or internal projects at work that you can make similar changes to, please look into it! It’s not exactly #permacomputing but it feels like a tangible computing thing that we all can help with in corporate jobs.
#AMRO24 - Day 3 “Away from the “Internet of Ecocide”: inviting radically open participation in Internet protocols standardisation” with @becha
In this lecture, Vesna is going to both issue catastrophic warnings, and invite utopian hope; I will introduce IETF, ICANN, W3C, RIPE, DNS and many other acronyms - and invite you to “consider the squirrels”.
Vesna proposes avenues for activism and change, including #permacomputing, digital rights activism, and scientific rebellion.
She suggests translating anarchist principles and awareness of power dynamics into interspecies cooperation, highlighting the interconnectedness of nature and the need for sustainable approaches to technology.
Today’s inspirational talks at #AMRO24 : Valentina “applying informal practices on technical artefacts through political frames”; Patricia on feminist, tactile, recycled tech : #clayPCBhttps://radical-openness.org/en/programm/2024/clay-pcb ; Ava quoting Denson about “death spiral” & Aymeric (#permacomputing practitioner) promoting @unbinare ‘s work on e-waste hacking & repurposing ;; cc @servus
As discussed on hashtag in the last few weeks, but from the other direction: What are the aesthetics of permacomputing as art? Do constraints matter / make it? Is it just nostalgia? Does using more-powerful computers to create promote the extraction/exploitation/wastefulness of their creation? Mulling over.
theluddite.org is under heavy traffic right now, and I want to take this opportunity to point out how much compute and energy the tech industry wastes.
I host theluddite.org on the absolute smallest linode server available, for $5/month, along with several other websites. It's currently receiving well over 10 requests per second, and has been for many hours.
Unfortunately the #permacomputing Berlin meet-up on 25.04. is going to be moved to another date.
No meeting on Tuesday but we will make it up some time soon (prolly mid-May).
Join us this Tuesday, April 23rd for the 3rd edition of the #Berlin Permacomputing Meetup! It starts at 19:00 (also known as 7PM)
We will hold an informal discussion of ideas and real-world practices around #permacomputing. And this week we will have @mntmn exploring some "tangents" around the MNT Reform