akareillyJan 3, 2023
Open source: “You shouldn’t want that”
People: “but I need this”
Open source: “It’s commercial and evil”
People: “It does things I need”
Open source: “Use this instead”
People: “It’s not accessible”
Open source: “Build your own then”
People: “I don’t have the time and knowledge to build my own. I will use the commercial, accessible, usable thing”
Open source: You’re using what you use because you hate freedom!
Show threadSindarina, Edge Case DetectiveJan 3, 2023
@akareilly Did the Jitsi fan club find you again? 😏
Show threadakareillyJan 3, 2023
@sindarina for absolutely no reason at all I'm reminded of the last time I went to a FLOSS conference and ended up noping out and going to the lace museum in Brussels to look at really old computers.
Show threadFeralRobotsJan 3, 2023
@akareilly @sindarina NGL old lace-weaving computers sounds like an awesome exhibit.
Show threadakareilly
@FeralRobots @sindarina can’t have computer history without textile history. Always worth seeking out the looms in a museum.
Sometimes the modern and antique meet: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/worlds-last-traditional-looms
The world's last traditional looms have been adapted with 21st century technology

MYB Textiles is the world's last lacemaker working with traditional looms and is adapting them to fit with the modern times

WIRED UK
Jan 3, 2023 at 5:28pmWeb