Show threadKevin Karhan 1d ago

@requiem np.

It's basically a minimalist #toybox#musl / #linux distro designed on being brutally simple, reproduceable, auditable and efficient.

  • Mostly for #FrugalComputing and targeting systems that current mainstream #distros don't serve.
    • Basically trying to be the "bare minimum I could use to work from as a sysadmin"...
Moses Izumi2d ago
PROTIP: Instead of telling people to ditch their Alexa or Google Nest in the name of #privacy, convince them that voice commands* are inefficient trash compared of devices with remotes.

* might be useful if you're physically disabled or have extreme RSI, but it shouldn't be an excuse to sell your soul to Amazon et. al.
(mostly venting about my dad and his devotion to a fundamentally dodgy design, to be honest)

#degoogle
#permacomputing
#frugalcomputing
Show threadKevin Karhan 2d ago

@lispi314 precisely that!

Earth Notes2d ago
RSS Podcast Feed Inefficiency - Climate cost of handling feeds ineptly... #RSS #podcast #FrugalComputing #LowCarbonComputing #greenSoftware - https://www.earth.org.uk/RSS-efficiency.html
RSS Podcast Feed Inefficiency

Climate cost of handling feeds ineptly... #RSS #podcast #FrugalComputing #LowCarbonComputing #greenSoftware

Show threadKevin Karhan 4d ago

@reiddragon @afriendlykittycat or have to deal with #embedded stuff of the #Vortex86 variety...

But maybe that's me who believes in #FrugalComputing and that any box that could run #WindowsXP should still be useable for basic browsing and stuff.

  • Not like 8k120p HDR YouNuke and shit, but like basic sites (i.e. Wikipedia), eMail, RSS, IRC & XMPP+OMEMO.

But maybe that's me who thinks that shit should be accessible even if the user:

  • Only has an original EeePC 701 with it's Xandos-based OS
  • is blind and/or deaf
  • is stuck on a 2400 bit/s connection via Iridium
  • or all three combined!
Eamon6d ago
I have been enjoying @yihui's litedown (h/t @defuneste) and this is one part of the reason. #RStats #FrugalComputing
Earth NotesMar 11
RSS Podcast Feed Inefficiency - Climate cost of handling feeds ineptly... #RSS #podcast #FrugalComputing #LowCarbonComputing #greenSoftware - https://www.earth.org.uk/RSS-efficiency.html
RSS Podcast Feed Inefficiency

Climate cost of handling feeds ineptly... #RSS #podcast #FrugalComputing #LowCarbonComputing #greenSoftware

Show threadWim🧮Mar 11

I wrote a thread about it a while ago. Google now processes quadrillions of tokens monthly.

https://scholar.social/@wim_v12e/115735381549306690

#FrugalComputing #genAI

Wim🧮 (@[email protected])

The more I dig into "agentic AI" the worse it gets. Not only does a query to a #genAI tool now triggers multiple queries to secondary tools which are also massive LLMs, but then people run several of these concurrently, and run that in a loop. Combine that with the huge system prompts, and the whole thing explodes in terms of compute requirements. (1/3) #FrugalComputing

Scholar Social
Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 9

@mrmasterkeyboard I know.

I do think that more than ever we need to embrace #FrugalComputing not just as annecessity but as something that is less distracting, more efficient and helpt.to #GetShitDone!

Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 6

@fast_code_r_us You have any recommendation for a tiny, HDMI-driven screen that does at least 800*480p60 or an #eInk screen like that?

Cuz I want to try some #FrugalComputing with a #Pi0 / #Pi0W and @OS1337 and that only suppirts #MDA…