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   Ethan Black (golemwire@social.librem.one)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jun-2023 23:46:42 JST Ethan Black

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   @ich @sgtnasty Hmm... I have always thought of #permacomputing as the means and methodology of creating software that never goes obsolete at the technical level. Fighting the trend of planned obsoletion, probably using an emulator for a constructed, permacomputing-intended platform.
   (Note that #UXN has been how I have been introduced to permacomputing)

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     ❦ (ich@ni.hil.ist)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jun-2023 23:46:46 JST ❦

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     @sgtnasty

     Here's a good (but not yet finished) introduction to permacomputing.

     https://permacomputing.net

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     @ich What is #Permacomputing ?

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     ❦ (ich@ni.hil.ist)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jun-2023 23:46:50 JST ❦

     Rust has a number of disadvantages from a “permacomputing” perspective:

     - Currently only has a single fully-featured implementation
     - Limited platform support
     - Highly complex language and toolchain requires a lot of computing resources, unsuitable to run on many platforms
     - Largely dependent on Big Tech for resources and funding

     #Permacomputing #Rust #Programming