Brit @kingcons@tiny.tilde.website

Here is a nice article that explains why I am *SO* excited about the @mntmn's MNT Reform Laptop https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/01/mnt-reform-open-source-laptop

A laptop that's FOSS as far down as you can go, even repairable by 3d printing replacement parts. Awesome.

What are some things that every computer user should learn? What things do you wish every computer user knew? What are some of the biggest benefits that individuals and/or society could reap if computer users learned these things?

Please boost, I honestly want as many serious answers as possible. Feel free to answer variations of the question for different levels of "computer users", such as programmers, office workers who use a computer 4+ hours per day, phone-only users, etc.

some years ago I made a javascript software 3d engine as challenge, everything is made of little canvas fillRect() ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

live version: http://lol.pm/3d
code: https://github.com/chiptune/lol3d

I feel judged, but fairly

https://twitter.com/simpleplanna/status/1217760440782139392

Tech enthusiast: "I want smart lights, smart tv, everything, and connect them all to my digital assisstant!"

Tech worker: *looks wistfully into distance* "I should get a small place in a little town, with a garden, make my own furniture."

Keyframe 0.1

Self-hosted community video streaming https://alterednarrative.net/~/Keyframe/keyframe-0.1/

I'm always saying this

Guile 3.0 is out. Huge step forward for the project! https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/news/gnu-guile-300-released.html

Work Is Work | codahale.com https://codahale.com/work-is-work/

Oh good it's Patch Tuesday and all the Windows certificates are broken apparently and even the NSA are scared enough of Iran that they're doing their job and reporting this one instead of hoarding it.

Nice.

Also it's specifically Elliptic Curves. Weren't those what some of the fuss was about in the Snowden era?

I'm sure the NSA had nothing to do with this being broken in the first place. Absolutely nothing at all.

https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/849224/

`mov` is Turing-Complet ~ Stephen Dolan

http://stedolan.net/research/mov.pdf

OK everybody, we have just 2 days to raise $17k. We have no marketing or campaigns staff @conservancy so we count on you to spread the word. Please help!!

https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/

Capitalism is quietly erasing the idea of private property. All products are effectively becoming rentals, and the companies can revoke your right to use them whenever they feel like it. It's becoming increasingly difficult to actually own anything. Media is streamed, and devices are locked from the users.

It's hilarious how all the things people were afraid of happening under communism are actually happening under capitalism.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bvgx9w/farmers-are-buying-40-year-old-tractors-because-theyre-actually-repairable

THEYRE HERE

seize the means of computation 🌐 🏴

By synchronizing animations and waking up the thread only on input or animation ticks, we can greatly reduce power consumption without losing on input latency or interactivity.

Currently, this means CPU usage hovers at <1% with animations running and no input.

#rx

https://github.com/cloudhead/rx/commit/2789fa0c6a23c53c3328accdc408a471124519aa

Computers make me super happy, honestly 😊❤️💻

Real-time audio programming 101: time waits for nothing
http://www.rossbencina.com/code/real-time-audio-programming-101-time-waits-for-nothing

Some notes on lock-free and wait-free algorithms
http://www.rossbencina.com/code/lockfree