Kartik Agaram @akkartik@merveilles.town

@am @neauoire i'm working on this stuff as part of the ngi crew, so lmk if you have any feedback & i'll be sure to pass it on!

tho before a bit of a summer break i was primarily cranking out this network simulator, for testing different implementations against each other in a more sustainable way :)
https://github.com/ssb-ngi-pointer/netsim

trying out watercolours! (the real ones this time lol) 🎨

#theWorkshop

here's a first "draft" for the first day/section of the #uxn tutorial i'm writing!
https://compudanzas.net/uxn_tutorial.html#day%201

your feedback is very welcome!

#theWorkshop

@suetanvil @robby @vidak The problem with C is that it's easy to write subtly broken code. Whenever there is an architecture specific bug in some package on Guix, it seems to me that it's almost always because someone was doing something weird with C.

So yes, it will compile on lots of platforms, but that doesn't guarantee much about it actually working.

@wim_v12e @akkartik It might also be possible to change people's ideas about "levels of comfort" just like it's possible to change people's ideas about "what is trendy" etc. Make the big look ugly.

I personally feel anxiety about too big screens and too high resolutions. Moderate and low resolutions feel more homely, tangible and down-to-earth.

@neauoire The 286 I have is older than I am. I'm more generally interested in the old ISA bus and how (relatively) easy it is to interface to it.

Computing has a curse of dimensionality problem in that "the more bits of state you add, the less of the entire state space you explore".

With older computers, the smaller state space means you can push them more and see their true limits.

@akkartik In the abstract, more resource constrained devices would be ideal. But I am always reminded of Asimov's novel "The Gods Themselves". Basically, once people are used to a certain level of comfort, they don't want to sacrifice for anything: "they want it enough to refuse to believe they can't have it."
However, I believe maintaining the current level for longer would be more easily acceptable.

I wrote an article about the need for low-carbon and #sustainable #computing and the path towards zero-carbon computing.

In short, we need to dramatically limit the growth in emissions from computing, or by 2040 emissions from computing alone will be close to half the emissions level acceptable to keep global warming below 2°C.

And it is possible to do this.

https://wimvanderbauwhede.github.io/articles/frugal-computing/

Just learned about sailing stones. Incredible.

"The Racetrack Playa, located in Death Valley, California, features a geological phenomenon known as "sailing stones" that leave linear "racetrack" imprints as they slowly move across the surface without human or animal intervention due to a perfect coincidence of events—"

I moved desk spots at my house and now I realize that literally all day, women walk by and stop to look at our flower gardens.

It was a ton of work digging up the grass but I'm really happy we did it, especially knowing that people are enjoying it.

made a SubV / #riscv ISA reference sheet for all the common mnemonics and their values: