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Hundred Rabbits is a small collective exploring the failability of modern tech

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kragen wrote: post #62
Bluestein wrote: post #13

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Exactly my feeling.- PS. Which leads me - tangentially - to think that (maybe) the solution to (at least) some of our problems might someday be found in a cult :) Who knows ... > Absurd: So we ported everything over to the NES. This was grand. The NES as a most effective "baseline" platform. Can totally see humanity sending out an NES emulator on Voyager VI as a last gasp.-

cults are generally the only way to solve deep-rooted problems. otherwise people's habits are too strong and they keep reproducing the existing traditions that create the problems through unexamined avenues technically varvara isn't actually the nes

> cults are generally the only way to solve deep-rooted problems.

Now that's an interesting proposition (which, I do not contend mind you ...)

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yard2010 wrote: post #36
Bluestein wrote: post #13

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Exactly my feeling.- PS. Which leads me - tangentially - to think that (maybe) the solution to (at least) some of our problems might someday be found in a cult :) Who knows ... > Absurd: So we ported everything over to the NES. This was grand. The NES as a most effective "baseline" platform. Can totally see humanity sending out an NES emulator on Voyager VI as a last gasp.-

The real question stands still - how can I join your cult?

Seconded.-

Make it a thousand rabbits. Make it a flotilla. Make it an armada ... :)

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Post by jauntywundrkind »

mplewis wrote: post #118
packetlost wrote: post #113

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fwiw they actually live on a sailboat and have sporadic internet access and limited electricity, so saying it's retroactive justification isn't really true and minimizes the real problems they face.

They could solve these problems by not living on a sailboat.

Living on a sailboat approaches some very very hard life/existential pinnacles that most people never even attempt to climb.

Yeah, you can have a simple regular life; that's lower on problems maybe. But man, sailing around & futzing with interesting barefoot developers projects sure sounds challenging in a lot of very very excellent ways.

Re: Hundred Rabbits is a small collective exploring the failability of modern tech

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Post by Bluestein »

wizzwizz4 wrote: post #19
Bluestein wrote: post #13

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Exactly my feeling.- PS. Which leads me - tangentially - to think that (maybe) the solution to (at least) some of our problems might someday be found in a cult :) Who knows ... > Absurd: So we ported everything over to the NES. This was grand. The NES as a most effective "baseline" platform. Can totally see humanity sending out an NES emulator on Voyager VI as a last gasp.-

LessWrong had some pretty good advice in the early months of the pandemic, despite their terrible track record on politics and AI. There's a lot right with the Amish. You could write an entire book about the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Cults can have a lot to offer.

> Cults can have a lot to offer.

... in no small part perhaps because they remain isolated "pockets" of culture where - often - "progress" is slower or more controlled. Where idiosyncratic behavior becomes the "new" orthodoxy as behavior or culture "degrades".-

Where was it ... "Nightfall" (the novel) I think it was where a cult periodically saves civilization - by being the only ones that know how to handle the aftermath.-

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Post by Bluestein »

01HNNWZ0MV43FF wrote: post #57
jcgrillo wrote: post #52

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Slack had a good solution in the form of an IRC bridge but of course they killed it.

Yep. When you're small, cooperate, when you're big, kick everyone else out

Moat, then drawbridge removal.-

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Post by codazoda »

I guess I’ll also take the opportunity to point out that my Neat CSS framework was partially inspired by reading their work.

I continue to use it for nearly all my projects now. I have become addicted to the smallness of it all.

https://neat.joeldare.com

Re: Hundred Rabbits is a small collective exploring the failability of modern tech

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Post by Bluestein »

miffi wrote: post #69
worldsayshi wrote: post #44

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What do you mean by permatech community? When i googled it I didn't find anything that fits the context.

The search term is "permacomputing" afaik. Here's 100r's (specifically xxiivv's) page on the topic https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/permacomputing.html The first paragraph gives a good overview of the idea: > Permacomputing encourages the maximization of hardware lifespan, minimization of energy usage and focuses on the use of already available computational resources. It values maintenance and refactoring of systems to…

> planned longevity.

What a grand concept.-

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