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  1. May 2024
    1. There was a rapid growth of alt.* as a result, and the trend continues to this day. Because of the anarchistic nature with which the groups sprang up, some jokingly referred to ALT standing for "Anarchists, Lunatics and Terrorists" (a backronym).

      backronym anarchistic lunatics and terrorists

    2. comp.* β€” Discussion of computer-related topics news.* β€” Discussion of Usenet itself sci.* β€” Discussion of scientific subjects rec.* β€” Discussion of recreational activities (e.g. games and hobbies) soc.* β€” Socialising and discussion of social issues. talk.* β€” Discussion of contentious issues such as religion and politics. misc.* β€” Miscellaneous discussionβ€”anything which does not fit in the other hierarchies.

      main topic hierarcies

    1. repeatable process of _producing a lot of software_ by big teams with variation in experience and headcount

      where the programmers are fungible - not the software -

      they produce

      If te software could be fungible capable of organic

      re - usable - mixable - sumable

      digital executable artifats

      auto-poietic co-evolving body of organic growth

      we would not need big teams

      and the realm of software itself will become - an Open Sea of - effective articulation of capabilities

      that are tinkerable capable of self-organization and autopoietic synthetic symmathetic growth living everrgreen and permanent

      a systems that are lifelike co-evol

      at scale in the long tail of the internet

    2. Compared to Go, Rust looks like Common Lisp looked like to a Java programmer of old

      The highest possible praise

      Let's overcome the "Curse of LISP"

    3. Why is Google in love with purposely-impaired languages like Go, Dart?

      purposely-impared languages

      cause they do not really want to empower people

      but machines and only the people behind the machines

      We the people should fight the buttleriabn jihad now before the machines get all the firepower

    1. "Google has the intellectual firepower to be going where no programmer has gone before, yet languages like Go remain solidly in well-understood and, for the most part, commonly-implemented territory. I have no doubt that this is a good strategic move on Google's part, and that Go solves a number of important problems that Google faces, but I was disappointed that Google hadn't taken a more experimental and research-focused approach.

      Google intellectual firepower

      boldy go where no programmer has gone before

      and transcend programming itself

    2. "CERN has the intellectual firepower to be going where no physicist has gone before, yet theirΒ experimentsΒ remain solidly in the realm of existing scientific methods and, for the most part, mathematical models. Smashing atoms together may be interesting, but it makes me want collide my brain with a wall"

      intellectual firepower CERN

    1. advantage of using Javascript vs. TeX is the ability to define abstractions at a higher level than macros.

      javascript means of abstraction rocks

    2. A New Medium for Communicating Research on Programming Languages

      from: https://dweb.link/ipfs/QmQjZya1be2Wfxj9VsVSgwu7vWkDpXbRyvbP5N1srWmP9J?filename=willcrichton.net_nota_

    1. A Nota document is text mixed with commands, typically contained in a .nota file. A Nota document looks like this:

      text mixed with commands

    1. fully-qualified hostname in Reverse Domain-Name Order, followed by a simple name. The hostname part is the domain authority, and the final segment is the name.

      domain authority

    1. The Bluesky App runs on the AT Protocol. For information on how the AT Protocol processes personal information, please view the Bluesky AT Protocol Network Services Privacy Notice.

      let see

    2. in connection with corporate transactions, such as a merger.

      preparing to exit community are?

      old time hype and dump like all the rest?

    1. we are being prepared to be the salvation of the Universe--the end of secrecy, and control--we are together the light of day.

      toghether the light of day

    2. anyone you know might be interested in working on the biggest next big thing that has ever been

      I am interested in the

      biggest next big think

      too

    3. I'm literally trying to build a giant leap forward in the process of self-government and process of creating and following through on actually completing "ideas" similar to contracts and legislation

      build a giant leap forward

    1. Adam Marshall (SovietnΠΈΠΌ) Dobrin 2nd degree connection 2nd Technocrat Founder ..of 'the various Revolutions'. Writer. Coder. Futurologist. Aspiring dad.

    1. I've stopped updating myΒ InstagramΒ (here'sΒ Mastodon, though), because none of you follow it.Β  Also I'm thinking of pausingΒ TwitterΒ too.Β  probably soon

      Promlems define their own solutions

      I paused twitter etc too

    1. What Is a DJVU File? This is an image of a scanned document, which you can view or convert to a more popular file format like PDF

      anatomy of lisp was in that format

    1. Submitted on IndyWiki on DevPost In fact Indywiki is at the center of the first flower on this infinite Penrose Tiles of capabilites for Structure and Collaboration

  2. Apr 2024
    1. Let's talk again!2023Use your LinkedIn, Twitter, and chat history as a personal CRM.

      Very much in the spirit of Indy (mutual) Learning Commons

    1. Google-hardened InfrastructureDevelop safely in your own dedicated virtual private cloud (VPC). Available only for enterprise.

      google-hardened infrastructure

    2. Collaborative by defaultOn Replit, collaboration is as simple as writing together in a shared document. Work in parallel, pair program, and debug as a team to share context and build efficiently.

      collaborative by default

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    1. Edit: Or, if you don't want to change the Host OS settings you could try: https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Microsoft/DontSleep

      dont sleep

    1. After you get Virtualbox installed on the computer and make a working VM on the computer's hard drive, shut down the VM. Right-click the VM in the main Virtualbox window and click Move. You can then move the VM to the USB SSD or platter drive.

      move working Virtual Machine

  3. www.disciplemedia.com www.disciplemedia.com
    1. Choose from our transparent pricing plans to build the perfect community platform for your unique business.

      community platform monetization

      500 members Β£1 per member 499 for 500

    1. when you're running inside a virtual machine what you're doing is not directly visible to the 00:04:56 host OS so this should blunt any AI
      • blunt AI
      • usage scanning
    1. "The map is not the territory

      the word is not the thing it describes. Whenever the map is confused with the territory, a β€˜semantic disturbance’ is set up in the organism. The disturbance continues until the limitation of the map is recognized." ⏀Alfred Korzybski, Science and Sanity

      Korzybski’s study of language, perception, and consciousness provides us with some of the most essential and least recognized theories and methods to make sense of this era in which communication has become polarizing, and media is stirring the storm of confusion.

    1. Peergos Alpha – A decentralized file storage and communication network (peergos.org) 82 points by ianopolous on May 24, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 49Β comments

      file storage communication network

    1. a private social network solution that avoids the worst of Big Tech’s intrusive, exploitative tendencies, but kept and expanded upon the features that promote engagement, security and monetisation

      security monetization

    1. Anytype – local-first, P2P Notion alternative (anytype.io) 414 points by TTTZ 9 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 273Β comments

      great

    1. a single source of truth - a consensus layer - which stores information governing the discovery of spaces and profiles.

      consensus layer

    2. become our shared resource, our common source of truth, and our collective medium for realizing the digital freedoms
      • shared resource
      • common source of truth
      • collective medium

      medium for realizing

      the digital freedom we seek

    3. making these freedoms unalienable is the foundation upon which healthy, resilient communities and societies can be built.

      making

      • freedom of thought and
      • expression,
      • freedom to connect with those whom we trust, and
      • freedom to participate in the governance of our digital creations.

      these freedoms unalienable

      foundation for

      • healthy
      • resilient

      communities and societies

    4. Anytype as a tool will always be free when used with your own resource

      free when used with own resources

      • local storage,
      • local or
      • self-hosted network.
    5. freedom of thought and expression, freedom to connect with those whom we trust, and freedom to participate in the governance of our digital creations.

      thought expression connection

      participatory governance

    1. Networked thinking

      is an explorative approach to problem-solving,

      whose aim is to consider the - complex interactions between nodes and - connections - in a given problem space.

      Instead of considering a particular problem in isolation - to discover a pre-existing solution,

      networked thinking encourages - non-linear, - second-order reflection

      in order to let - a new idea emerge.

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    1. t let his ever present linguistic insights master the com

      plexity

      META-LISP can be considered as an extension of LISP, which makes the meta language character of LISP explicit.

      In doing so

      it inherits - a lore of methodological insights - which have always been part of the LISP tradition

      The present work, ultimately is dedicated to - the LISP programmer

      who may now - pen his thoughts within fewer parentheses and

      • yet let his ever present linguistic insights master
      • the complexity of his task
      • with greater ease
    1. Gabriel wrote a position paper arguing for the-right-thing. A month later, he wrote a second position paper arguing for worse-is-better!

      arguing for the right thing then for the worse is better

    1. The Rise of Worse is Better - The Morning PaperThe Morning Paperhttps://blog.acolyer.org β€Ί 2016/09/15 β€Ί the-rise-of-wors...The Morning Paperhttps://blog.acolyer.org β€Ί 2016/09/15 β€Ί the-rise-of-wors...Sep 15, 2016 β€” ... EuroPal conference in 1990 (Gabriel gives ... The key problem with Lisp today stems from the tension between two opposing software philosophies.

    2. Worse Is Better - Dreamsongsdreamsongs.comhttps://www.dreamsongs.com β€Ί WorseIsBetterdreamsongs.comhttps://www.dreamsongs.com β€Ί WorseIsBetterby RP Gabriel Β· Cited by 16 β€” A few months later, in Summer 1989, a small Lisp conference called EuroPAL ... Lisp applications). I gave the talk in March ... software strategies for the