#permacomputing — Public Fediverse posts
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if you're in #berlin, come say hi tomorrow at the #permacomputing picnic!
on aug, 15th 2026 15h30 at
treptower park, on the
meadow between puschkinallee and the soviet war memorialentry at lat 52.489 / lon 13.471
https://www.openstreetmap.org/query?lat=52.489&lon=13.471you're welcome to pass along with food, drinks, topics, friends or devices. or just come as you are!
original announcement: https://we.lurk.org/archives/list/pmcb[email protected]/thread/FFLTDKZRLWD4AVKXFSIFISTTJM6PTHVC/
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if you're in #berlin, come say hi tomorrow at the #permacomputing picnic!
on aug, 15th 2026 15h30 at
treptower park, on the
meadow between puschkinallee and the soviet war memorialentry at lat 52.489 / lon 13.471
https://www.openstreetmap.org/query?lat=52.489&lon=13.471you're welcome to pass along with food, drinks, topics, friends or devices. or just come as you are!
original announcement: https://we.lurk.org/archives/list/pmcb[email protected]/thread/FFLTDKZRLWD4AVKXFSIFISTTJM6PTHVC/
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Having read @ploum's Offpunk Manifesto, I wonder if they've considered making a package manager (maybe even a Linux/BSD/Haiku distro) optimized for offline use.
I'm just surprised that their software ambitions stopped at "Links2, but it automatically downloads webpages".
https://blog.ayom.media/ideiasdechirico/offpunk-manifesto
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Having read @ploum's Offpunk Manifesto, I wonder if they've considered making a package manager (maybe even a Linux/BSD/Haiku distro) optimized for offline use.
I'm just surprised that their software ambitions stopped at "Links2, but it automatically downloads webpages".
https://blog.ayom.media/ideiasdechirico/offpunk-manifesto
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Here's some info about the microcontroller setup I used to manage my solar-powered web server. Link to code repository included.
https://www.uplode.org/howtos/microcontroller/
#solar #solarpunk #selfhosted #selfhosting #permacomputing #arduino
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Here's some info about the microcontroller setup I used to manage my solar-powered web server. Link to code repository included.
https://www.uplode.org/howtos/microcontroller/
#solar #solarpunk #selfhosted #selfhosting #permacomputing #arduino
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Starting a thread to document finding vapes with rechargable batteries on the street #permacomputing
Vozel (Love 777)
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Starting a thread to document finding vapes with rechargable batteries on the street #permacomputing
Vozel (Love 777)
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@kim
I've always viewed #permacomputing as a clumsy and jargon-heavy (but ultimately well intentioned) attempt to turn the second-hand laptop scene into some kind of social movement.
To the people who use already use a 14-20 year old Thinkpad as their primary computer and have a second one in the closet that hosts their blog/e-mail server/whatever, adding some solar panels and dithered images isn't that big of a leap. -
@kim
I've always viewed #permacomputing as a clumsy and jargon-heavy (but ultimately well intentioned) attempt to turn the second-hand laptop scene into some kind of social movement.
To the people who use already use a 14-20 year old Thinkpad as their primary computer and have a second one in the closet that hosts their blog/e-mail server/whatever, adding some solar panels and dithered images isn't that big of a leap. -
@madcollector I'm running a 2007 permacomputer laptop. Linux gave it a new life like 10 years ago and it's still going. I use it almost every day. It rocks.
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@madcollector I'm running a 2007 permacomputer laptop. Linux gave it a new life like 10 years ago and it's still going. I use it almost every day. It rocks.
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Wow. I knew at some point society would collapse to the degree that humanity would be required to transition whatever remaining technology we have left to follow the principles of #permacomputing . I just never thought that day would be upon us so soon.
#tech #computers #AI #LLMs #ComputerMemory #MemoryShortage #DataCenters
RE: https://social.lansky.name/@hn50/117053581317182038 -
Wow. I knew at some point society would collapse to the degree that humanity would be required to transition whatever remaining technology we have left to follow the principles of #permacomputing . I just never thought that day would be upon us so soon.
#tech #computers #AI #LLMs #ComputerMemory #MemoryShortage #DataCenters
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so I have this #Macbook Pro 15 Retina 2015 A1398 I got with a buncha defunct stuff. very cool hardware - Core i7 4770HQ, 16 GB RAM, Iris graphics with no GMUX/Nvidia shenanigans, decent condition for a decade+ old rig. came with a 240 GB SSD but I had a 500 GB from a coffee-drowned 13" Retina (seller: "dunno what happened, just stopped working") so that'll be a better fit.
some lunatic "serviced" it, the mayhem inside is beyond words - stripped screws, half a ton of paste on the CPU, knicked flat cables, torn off connectors, a mess. so I managed to make it halfway usable but the majorest hurdle was the missing battery.
2015s specifically have this issue that they won't even boot fully if there isn't a charged battery present, in addition to the usual Apple crap hindering normal use. not too keen on buying parts, so I let it be, maybe another one will come along for parts.
thread 1/
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Seeing things about hosting websites on old phones, powered via solar, ....
The thing I don't quite get about that is they're connected via wifi. To a router that's probably just as powerful and could do that job. But it's probably also not solar powered.
So are these mostly art projects? Is there a way to make this "properly" a sustainable thing? What's the real goal?
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Seeing things about hosting websites on old phones, powered via solar, ....
The thing I don't quite get about that is they're connected via wifi. To a router that's probably just as powerful and could do that job. But it's probably also not solar powered.
So are these mostly art projects? Is there a way to make this "properly" a sustainable thing? What's the real goal?
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I use pandoc all the time. I make Jekyll use it for rendering my personal website (thanks @mfenner). I used it to write my dissertation. But I didn't know the backstory to CommonMark. I think there is also a good #permacomputing theme here in the rationale for Haskell. Congrats on 20 years pandoc!
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✨HTML day 2026 in London✨ - 2-8pm, Saturday 8th August at SET Social, Peckham: 🌌🌕 https://londonhtmlday.neocities.org/
with Cranberry Lemonade, London Permacomputing Club, @anmeisel, @centrefordigitalculture & more - as part of HTML Energy's HTML day - https://2026.html.energy/ 💚
#london #html #permacomputing -
✨HTML day 2026 in London✨ - 2-8pm, Saturday 8th August at SET Social, Peckham: 🌌🌕 https://londonhtmlday.neocities.org/
with Cranberry Lemonade, London Permacomputing Club, @anmeisel, @centrefordigitalculture & more - as part of HTML Energy's HTML day - https://2026.html.energy/ 💚
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Some pictures of my solar-powered web server.
More work to be done on optimising page sizes when I have some time
https://www.uplode.org/posts/inhabitants/webserver/
#solar
#selfhosted
#selfhosting
#energy
#permacomputing
#sustainability
#computing
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Some pictures of my solar-powered web server.
More work to be done on optimising page sizes when I have some time
https://www.uplode.org/posts/inhabitants/webserver/
#solar
#selfhosted
#selfhosting
#energy
#permacomputing
#sustainability
#computing
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I came into possession of some old solar panels so I made a solar-powered web server with a raspberry pi. It's been sitting in my garden for two months running continuously on sun/battery power.
Perhaps the continuous uptime is not surprising given the extreme weather in London this summer.
It's been running the nginx start page for most of that time, but I finally made a little zine site and hooked it up to the web.
Channeling Gilbert White, Bruno Latour, lowtechmagazine, whathaveyou. Not much content there as yet.
A Concrete Garden: https://uplode.org
#solar #selfhosted #selfhosting #energy #permacomputing #sustainability #computing #lowtech
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I came into possession of some old solar panels so I made a solar-powered web server with a raspberry pi. It's been sitting in my garden for two months running continuously on sun/battery power.
Perhaps the continuous uptime is not surprising given the extreme weather in London this summer.
It's been running the nginx start page for most of that time, but I finally made a little zine site and hooked it up to the web.
Channeling Gilbert White, Bruno Latour, lowtechmagazine, whathaveyou. Not much content there as yet.
A Concrete Garden: https://uplode.org
#solar #selfhosted #selfhosting #energy #permacomputing #sustainability #computing #lowtech
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Today @DigInfFund published my final report where I try to answer the question: What comes after FOSS?
In the report, I provide some inklings based on conversations with technologists working on #permacomputing, server collectives, and decentralized networking technologies.
https://www.jboy.space/blog/what-comes-after-foss.html
Many people on the fediverse helped me think this through, both knowingly and unknowingly: @ckelty @Biella @inquiline with their ethnographies, @ntnsndr @l03s @rra @320x200 @Femke @CoralineAda @jwyg @lbngr @kissane @aparrish @nayafia with smart things they've written, @r00tkate with incisive comments & encouragement, and Code as Critique workshop participants including @darius @infinite_scroller @cwebber @by_caballero @tommi @kaeru @latentspace @sejo.
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Today @DigInfFund published my final report where I try to answer the question: What comes after FOSS?
In the report, I provide some inklings based on conversations with technologists working on #permacomputing, server collectives, and decentralized networking technologies.
https://www.jboy.space/blog/what-comes-after-foss.html
Many people on the fediverse helped me think this through, both knowingly and unknowingly: @ckelty @Biella @inquiline with their ethnographies, @ntnsndr @l03s @rra @320x200 @Femke @CoralineAda @jwyg @lbngr @kissane @aparrish @nayafia with smart things they've written, @r00tkate with incisive comments & encouragement, and Code as Critique workshop participants including @darius @infinite_scroller @cwebber @by_caballero @tommi @kaeru @latentspace @sejo.
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What upcycled consumer #hardware would be acceptable for running some open source #ai models?
I am thinking along the lines of a PS4 cluster under Qubes.
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What upcycled consumer #hardware would be acceptable for running some open source #ai models?
I am thinking along the lines of a PS4 cluster under Qubes.
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#firefox tried to fry my 2007 #permacomputer after an update. I turned off the #AI functions. I hope it will help. Why no @librewolf in @VoidLinux
#permacomputing #vintege #patina #slop #enshittification
Edit: oh no, there's no 32 bit librewolf! ;_;
Even in the custom repo I found. It's no use! -
#firefox tried to fry my 2007 #permacomputer after an update. I turned off the #AI functions. I hope it will help. Why no @librewolf in @VoidLinux
#permacomputing #vintege #patina #slop #enshittification
Edit: oh no, there's no 32 bit librewolf! ;_;
Even in the custom repo I found. It's no use! -
This is my fav blog post I've written in quite a while i hope people like it! #lunarpunk #permacomputing #astrology #solarpunk
https://gfsc.community/towards-a-lunarpunk-practice-part-1-the-sun/
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This is my fav blog post I've written in quite a while i hope people like it! #lunarpunk #permacomputing #astrology #solarpunk
https://gfsc.community/towards-a-lunarpunk-practice-part-1-the-sun/
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What's up on the #smolweb? July 2026 roundup
New blog post !
July 2026 was a quietly busy month on the smolweb. The #Geminispace keeps growing toward 3,500 active capsules. A Gemini browser landed on a handheld game console. The Old Computer Challenge brought the #permacomputing and #smolnet communities together. Protocol design debates (SMTP vs #Gemini extensibility, TOFU improvements) show the community is still thinking critically about its own foundations. And the #gopher scene, far from dead, continues to produce practical content and welcome new operators...
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What's up on the #smolweb? July 2026 roundup
New blog post !
July 2026 was a quietly busy month on the smolweb. The #Geminispace keeps growing toward 3,500 active capsules. A Gemini browser landed on a handheld game console. The Old Computer Challenge brought the #permacomputing and #smolnet communities together. Protocol design debates (SMTP vs #Gemini extensibility, TOFU improvements) show the community is still thinking critically about its own foundations. And the #gopher scene, far from dead, continues to produce practical content and welcome new operators...
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some recent tech finds #dumpsterdiving
1. Intel Core i5-4440 + Asus H81K-M + 8 GB DDR 1866 HyperX Fury + GTX650
got a whole PC outside of a fast-food. greasy and full of crap, didn't risk bringing it inside but tore it down in front of mah dwelling. saved the components and the PSU, tossed the rest.talk about overkill, that was some expensive RAM for a midrange machine. as mid as it might be, still faster than my rig (i7-870 H55) so I'm debating upgrading; Geekbench gives me good numbers, I'll get SATA3 and three gens worth of upgrades. wish it'd had a USB 3.0 front port connector and more RAM slots... check out my ungrateful ass!
reason for tossing it - one busted USB port and the PSU's fan was somewhat noisy
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some recent tech finds #dumpsterdiving
1. Intel Core i5-4440 + Asus H81K-M + 8 GB DDR 1866 HyperX Fury + GTX650
got a whole PC outside of a fast-food. greasy and full of crap, didn't risk bringing it inside but tore it down in front of mah dwelling. saved the components and the PSU, tossed the rest.talk about overkill, that was some expensive RAM for a midrange machine. as mid as it might be, still faster than my rig (i7-870 H55) so I'm debating upgrading; Geekbench gives me good numbers, I'll get SATA3 and three gens worth of upgrades. wish it'd had a USB 3.0 front port connector and more RAM slots... check out my ungrateful ass!
reason for tossing it - one busted USB port and the PSU's fan was somewhat noisy
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I don't have the bandwidth to explain in detail now, but in re: discrete transistor logic circuits, I think that George Spencer-Brown's "Laws of Form" are of interest.
Fun introduction: http://www.markability.net/
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I don't have the bandwidth to explain in detail now, but in re: discrete transistor logic circuits, I think that George Spencer-Brown's "Laws of Form" are of interest.
Fun introduction: http://www.markability.net/
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hello all I want to have images on my website to be dithered or don't show the image at first but give them the orginal image if they click on the button below the image (I don't have anything for this now) and no javascript.
because I want to reduce the bandwidth a person would need to spend while loading the page.
:blobhaj_reach:
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hello all I want to have images on my website to be dithered or don't show the image at first but give them the orginal image if they click on the button below the image (I don't have anything for this now) and no javascript.
because I want to reduce the bandwidth a person would need to spend while loading the page.
:blobhaj_reach:
