Show threadKarsten SchmidtNov 13
Considering this format is used to encode & archive most of modern research/knowledge/information, I also see this inherent complexity as a gigantic threat in terms of #PermaComputing, #CollapseComputing, #FrugalComputing. I think there's a need for something like https://qoiformat.org/, i.e. simplifying, rethinking and omitting some of the features in PDF in lieu of increased simplicity, longevity & usability in lower compute resource environments/futures...
QOI — The Quite OK Image Format

Show threadCsepp 🌢Jul 23, 2025
@scops This is maybe more of a #collapseComputing approach, but my reason for trying to go for a much lower common denominator is part availability. Random microcontrollers are easier to scavenge than FPGAs, they also don't need as much specialized tooling.
Show threadbitzeroMay 7, 2024
@ddrake
There are many things I like in Forth.

- It's the closest you can go to the processor's modus operandi without assembly (you know, the stack)
- Because of this, it's extremely useful today that all love higher level languages to hide (not solve) complexity
- You can build "Forth machines" on single-board computers, paving the way to your own collapse computing cyberdeck
- No cyberdeck? Use an old old PC as a Forth machine
- Forth REPL is not sexy like Lisp's but it's nice
- Postfix notation is kinda cool (well, prefix too)

#forth #collapsecomputing
bitzeroMay 6, 2024
New(ish) account, new home.

I'm a freelance tech writer / software developer / KM project manager based in Europe. Digitally, I was born in the 90s. So I grew up eating cyberpunk books, BBSes, home computers, hacking, then the first doses of Internet and the Web.

In the 90s and the first 00s I developed my (ahem) "philosophy": digital spaces are (can be, should be) autonomous zones where different cultures, and sub/counter-cultures, can thrive.

These are the years of the enshittification of Internet, but it can't rain forever (cit.) and I see the Fediverse as a new opportunity for some of us to recreate better and safer digital spaces.

That's the "vision". Than there's the daily life: I write code (awful, mostly), help companies in managing their knowledge bases, write technical documentation, sometimes write tech articles for (mostly unknown) business tech manazines.

In the spare time, I tinker with Linux, SCB boards and "old" languages like Forth, Assembly and Lisp. I'm convinced that permacomputing and, maybe, collapse computing are our digital future. So, "back to basics" seems a good idea.

I have a blog that I consider more a digital garden. No daily or even regular posts, when I feel I have something to share, I write. It's very basic, because it's like a perma-garden: no strange languages, web framework, dynamic stuff or whatever.

That's all, I guess. Nice to meet ya.

#softwaredevelopment #km #linux #forth #assembly #permacomputing #collapsecomputing #solarpunk
bitzeroMay 6, 2024

New(ish) account, new home.

I'm a freelance tech writer / software developer / KM project manager. Digitally, I was born in the 90s. So I grew up eating cyberpunk books, BBSes, home computers, hacking, then the first doses of Internet and the Web.

In the 90s and the first 00s I developed my (ahem) "philosophy": digital spaces are (can be, should be) autonomous zones where different cultures, and sub/counter-cultures, can thrive.

These are the years of the enshittification of Internet, I see the Fediverse as a new opportunity for some of us to recreate better and safer digital spaces.

That's the "vision". Than there's the daily life: I write code (awful, mostly), help companies in managing their knowledge bases, write technical documentation, sometimes write tech articles for unknown business tech manazines.

In the spare time, I tinker with Linux, SCB boards and "old" languages like Forth, Assembly and Lisp. I'm convinced that permacomputing and, maybe, collapse computing are our digital future. So, "back to basics" seems a good idea.

I have a blog that I consider more a digital garden. No daily or even regular posts, when I feel I have something to share, I write.

That's all, I guess. Nice to meet ya.

#softwaredevelopment #km #linux #forth #assembly #permacomputing #collapsecomputing #solarpunk

Show threadR. L. Dane  Jul 17, 2023

@mitch

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The goal is to reduce/eliminate e-waste, and to have a software ecosystem that is resistant to supply chain constraints or even collapse. I think a subculture of #PermaComputing is what you might call #CollapseComputing (not certain about the terminology there) -- creating software tools and hardware flexibility that can survive even the total collapse of the modern economy and supply chain -- think Mad Max with computers, haha.

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bitzeroJul 5, 2023

I'm brand new here, so an #introduction is a good idea:

I'm a freelance tech writer / software developer / KM project manager based in Europe. Digitally, I was born in the 90s. So I grew up eating cyberpunk books, BBSs, home computers, hacking, then the first doses of Internet and the Web.

In the 90s and the first 00s I developed my (ahem) "philosophy": digital spaces are (can be, should be) autonomous zones where different cultures, and sub/counter-cultures, can thrive.

These are the years of the enshittification of Internet, but it can't rain forever (cit.) and I see the Fediverse as a new opportunity for some of us to recreate better and safer digital spaces.

That's the "vision". Than there's the daily life: I write code (awful, mostly), help companies in managing their knowledge bases, write technical documentation, sometimes write tech articles for (mostly unknown) business tech manazines.

In the spare time, I tinker with Linux, Risc-V boards and "old" languages like Forth, Assembly and C (but I'm a fan of Haskell too). I'm convinced that permacomputing and, maybe, collapse computing are our digital future. So, "back to basics" seems a good idea.

That's all, I guess. Nice to meet ya.

#softwaredevelopment #km #linux #risc-V #forth #assembly #C #haskell #permacomputing #collapsecomputing

Csepp 🌢May 29, 2023
The #FPGA uxn thread is giving me Ideas. What could one do with a salvaged FPGA and are they even salvageable? What kind of equipment would one need to make use of them?
Found this SE thread so far:
https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/32746/cheap-old-consumer-devices-to-recover-fpga-boards-from
cc #salvageComputing / #collapseComputing
Cheap/old consumer devices to recover FPGA boards from

Various FPGA suppliers claim that their devices are increasingly used in mass-market consumer devices. Given the general depreciation of device prices with time, and high price for even old FPGA bo...

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Csepp 🌢May 12, 2023
"How to power your gadget without battery"
Some good #salvageComputing / #collapseComputing ideas.
I've seen a lot of folks in #postmarketOS chat want to use their phones as servers, they might also be interested in this. Sadly it doesn't use the battery at all, so it lacks the UPS feature some desire from using a normally battery operated device in a tethered fashion.
https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=O4kCMQs1X88
cc #electronics #theFoundry
Select instance - Invidious

Csepp 🌢May 4, 2023
The book / #newsletter Virgil Dupras (creator of #CollapseOS and #DuskOS and general #Forth wizard) started about getting started in low level programming is finally available on something that *isn't* #Substack .
https://tumbleforth.hardcoded.net/
If you are interested in topics like #permacomputing / #collapseComputing / #frugalComputing but don't really know where to start and have some moniez to spare, this might be worth taking a peek at.
Tumble Forth