Devine Lu Linvega of Hundred Rabbits talks about low-power, offline computing, esoteric languages and the Uxn virtual machine, informed by years of sailing the Pacific. The talk frames computing sustainability through a permaculture lens.
Why Hacker News points people here: Praised as a standout, non-standard Strange Loop talk explaining the reasoning behind Uxn and resilient computing.
“Devine had a great talk about the "why" of Uxn at Strange Loop last year”HN comment, 2024
“A bunch of great talks at Strange Loop this year!”
Favorite tech talk, among great Strange Loop talks.
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A bunch of great talks at Strange Loop this year! Two off the top of my head: • "An approach to computing and sustainability inspired from permaculture" by Devine Lu Linvega: this video • "The Economics of Programming Languages" by Evan Czaplicki (Strange Loop 2023): link I've also been loving TodePond's cellular automata videos. Their SPLASH talk was mind-blowing, but it doesn't look like it's out yet. • TodePond playlist: link
Strongly recommendslevicoleMar 2024
“Devine had a great talk about the "why" of Uxn at Strange Loop last year”
Great talk on the why of Uxn.
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Devine had a great talk about the "why" of Uxn at Strange Loop last year: this video And there was another talk that used it as an example: link Both were great. I'm a big fan of 100R's work. Another language of theirs worth checking out is Orca: link
RecommendsdanybittelNov 2023
“My favourite quote from Devine”
Memorable quote about standing on the shoulders of giants.
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My favourite quote from Devine: "If you stand on the shoulder of giants, it's really hard to steer". this video @ after around the 6:00 mark.
RecommendsfreethejazzAug 2024
“Non-standard tech talk for sure, but fit right in at that conference”
Art, low-power tech, and sailing, fitting for the conference.
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Similar cross of art, low power/resilient tech, and sailing I saw at strange loop last year. Non-standard tech talk for sure, but fit right in at that conference: this video
