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   Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 07:18:32 JST Evan Prodromou

   I find myself thinking about "In the Beginning Was the Command Line" in relationship to Mastodon lately.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Beginning..._Was_the_Command_Line

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 07:33:45 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Alistair K

     @libroraptor you might want to read the essay first

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     Alistair K (libroraptor@mastodon.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 07:33:46 JST Alistair K

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     @evan In the time before that time began, there was the punch-card reader. Engagement with the technology was so much more tactile, more measured. And it was far clearer that you were in control: if there was a bug or a fault, that was your mistake, or it was a blown fuse or a faulty valve to fix. The machine was yours to do your work; it wasn't at all a proxy for someone else to own you.

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     Alistair K (libroraptor@mastodon.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 08:19:45 JST Alistair K

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     @evan I have. I work in material culture so what I was thinking of there was an update to incorporate some of our more recent ways of thinking.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 08:19:45 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Alistair K

     @libroraptor cool

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 08:56:53 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • ralf tauscher :FreiburgSocial:

     @stereo yes

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     ralf tauscher :FreiburgSocial: (stereo@freiburg.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Dec-2022 08:56:55 JST ralf tauscher :FreiburgSocial:

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     @evan do you mean the metaphor with the gratis tanks and the people around it? ;)