Simon Repp

Hey Vienna & Surroundings, we're warmly inviting you to the fifth #permacomputing meetup – January 13th (2026) from 19:00-22:00, one last time at GT_'s lovely space at Alte WU/Spittelau (alas, just temporary use): https://gtblank.org/event/99

This time around we have the pleasure of having Maël Madon present their "Reflections on sufficiency for data centers", to quote them: "I am a researcher in Computer Science, with an interest in environmental impacts of computing. In this talk, I want to share with you some insights from my PhD work, in which we tried to go beyond efficiency measures for data centers, and rather think about "sufficiency". I will explain how we approached the problem, give some results and also personal thoughts on the question."

@Ansimorph, me, the GT_ crew and the local permacomputing community are looking forward to seeing you all there! （＾▽＾）／＼（＾▽＾）

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Dec 20 at 11:34amWeb
Show threadacbDec 21
@freebliss @320x200 @Ansimorph A permacomputing meetup in Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s hometown sounds oddly appropriate. I imagine it would have been the only kind of computing he could potentially have countenanced
Show threadSimon ReppDec 21

@acb As chance would have it, atop the roof of a neighbouring building of our meetup venue rests ... Hundertwasser's hat ;)

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCllverbrennungsanlage_Spittelau#/media/Datei:M%C3%BCllverbrennungsanlage_Spittelau_Wien_2025-02-27_14_Hundertwasser_Hut.jpg

(As the story goes, Hundertwasser angrily left a meeting with the builders, declaring "Ich hau den Hut drauf!" ["I throw the hat on this" - austrian way to say "I'm done/I give up"] and the builders considered it a good idea and added his cap.)

Müllverbrennungsanlage Spittelau – Wikipedia