"An approach to computing and sustainability inspired from permaculture" by Devine Lu Linvega
Why Hacker News recommends it
Praised as a standout, non-standard Strange Loop talk explaining the reasoning behind Uxn and resilient computing.
What it is
Devine Lu Linvega of Hundred Rabbits talks about low-power, offline computing, esoteric languages and the Uxn virtual machine, informed by years of sailing the Pacific. The talk frames computing sustainability through a permaculture lens.
Recommended by 4 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2023 to 2024.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec surprisetalk · 2023-11 · on “Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk from the past year?”
A bunch of great talks at Strange Loop this year! Two off the top of my head: • "An approach to computing and sustainability inspired from permaculture" by Devine Lu Linvega: [this video] • "The Economics of Programming Languages" by Evan Czaplicki (Strange Loop 2023): [LINK] I've also been loving TodePond's cellular automata videos. Their SPLASH talk was mind-blowing, but it doesn't look like it's out yet. • TodePond playlist: [LINK]
Strong rec levicole · 2024-03 · on “Tal is the programming language for the Uxn virtual machine (2021)”
Devine had a great talk about the "why" of Uxn at Strange Loop last year: [this video] And there was another talk that used it as an example: [LINK] Both were great. I'm a big fan of 100R's work. Another language of theirs worth checking out is Orca: [LINK]
Recommends danybittel · 2023-11 · on “Making a Font”
My favourite quote from Devine: "If you stand on the shoulder of giants, it's really hard to steer". [this video] @ after around the 6:00 mark.
Recommends freethejazz · 2024-08 · on “Hundred Rabbits is a small collective exploring the failability of modern tech”
Similar cross of art, low power/resilient tech, and sailing I saw at strange loop last year. Non-standard tech talk for sure, but fit right in at that conference: [this video]