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   a libi rose (rose_alibi@post.lurk.org)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 21:15:06 JST a libi rose

   i know #permacomputing is meant to evoke permaculture but every time i see the word i envision being permanently chained to a computer and feel sick

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     48kRAM (48kram@oldbytes.space)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 21:15:08 JST 48kRAM

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     @rose_alibi How about we just use #stopmakingshittysoftware instead? For me, that's basically what it boils down to. Very few computing devices actually stop working - they stop "being supported" by the software.

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     a libi rose (rose_alibi@post.lurk.org)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 21:15:10 JST a libi rose

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     @48kRAM yuuup. related, i got interviewed a couple weeks ago for a piece about a group researching how to make devices that people will get more emotionally attached to so they don't get discarded and my response was basically "people will get emotionally attached to literal rocks, the solution we need is extended software support for things not more emotional attachment"

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     a libi rose (rose_alibi@post.lurk.org)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 21:15:12 JST a libi rose

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     @48kRAM i was struggling not to say much meaner things while also laughing at the overall nonsense of the idea... i have seen people get emotional over pocket calculators, i don't think emotions are the problem

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     48kRAM (48kram@oldbytes.space)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 21:15:13 JST 48kRAM

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     @rose_alibi I love that answer