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

Post by shevekofurras » Fri, Aug 02, 2024, 12:02 PM UTC

fao_ wrote: post #197

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.

> , so saying it's retroactive justification isn't really true and minimizes the real problems they face. I wouldn't call any of the listed problems "real problems" in the context of my long winded disability and homelessness lmao. I used to be in their community, the mods, and indirectly, them, were abusive as hell. Their community is, last I heard, hemorrhaging queer folk (or maybe it's bled dry and queer folk just…

Post by Bluestein » Fri, Aug 02, 2024, 12:09 PM UTC

samatman wrote: post #206

kragen wrote: post #67

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the z80 more generally, collapseos is cosplay, not engineering in more detail, collapseos is not a pragmatic engineering effort to foster resiliency, but an essentially religious effort to atone for the sins of the worldly through ascetic renunciation of pleasures such as guis, returning to an imagined arcadian past of austere virtue see against-collapseos.md in http://canonical.org/~kragen/sw/pavnotes2.git for the f…

I'm somewhat surprised that this is your take on the project. I agree with some of it in modified form, such as pointing out that far more powerful systems like old Android phones are sitting around in great quantity and would be a useful scavenge for a complete CollapseOS. In fact that seems to be what DuskOS is about, I'll be interested in your take on that once you have one. But those are not microcontrollers, and…

Post by sodimel » Fri, Aug 02, 2024, 12:14 PM UTC

lomase wrote: post #328

agys wrote: post #289

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How is this a contradiction?

Buying something that will last 10 years instead of buying a home that will last generations. Even more, most likely this people already had a home. Is like buying a electric car while you have a luxury ICE that works, is a waste of resources. I dont really mind, but dont say you care about the enviroment.

    Our sailboat is a Yamaha33, a 1982 masthead sloop fiberglass sailboat. - https://100r.co/site/pino.html

Post by Bluestein » Fri, Aug 02, 2024, 12:18 PM UTC

SoftTalker wrote: post #196

Bluestein wrote: post #4

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The way you put it, it makes sense.- PS. For many XP was some sort of "sweetspot", as far as Win OSs are concerned.- PS. Then again, it depends. How much evidence of "past-proof"-ness do you need - in terms of "backstory" to meet that requirement? Linux, or - even better - some BSD variants go way further back.-

It wasn't secure and it wasn't perfect but Windows 2000 Professional was my favorite version of Windows. The UI had minimal unnecessary animations and graphical effects, it felt quick and responsive, and it didn't spy on you.

Post by dewey » Fri, Aug 02, 2024, 12:25 PM UTC

pdimitar wrote: post #329

louwrentius wrote: post #300

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It makes me sad that this is the top comment for this link to Hundred Rabbits. I feel it’s such a “I am very smart gotcha” comment that isn’t helpful in any way. It distracts from the actual topic.

It calls out a bogus claim. The actual topic is diluted and deemphasized if the authors make bogus claims. So the distraction is on them, not on HN commenters.