"An approach to computing and sustainability inspired from permaculture" by Devine Lu Linvega

Strange Loop Conference
5 HN recommenders · recommended in 4 months, 2023–2024
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Devine Lu Linvega of Hundred Rabbits gives a Strange Loop 2023 talk on an approach to computing and sustainability inspired by permaculture. It explains the thinking behind Uxn, a small virtual machine built to keep software usable on old, low-power hardware.

HN people recommend it as the 'why' behind Uxn and as a great, unusual conference talk that mixes art, resilient tech and a rejection of building on ever-taller stacks.

“If you stand on the shoulder of giants, it's really hard to steer”
Tools for thought & programming UX
#permaculture#uxn#hundredrabbits#sustainablecomputing#minimalsoftware#strangeloop

6 comments from Hacker News

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@throwaway712712024 · in “Uxn”
you can also watch ▶ this video to get more context
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@levicole2024 · in “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
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@surprisetalk2023 · in “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
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@danybittel2023 · in “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.
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@jalict2023 · in “An approach to computing and sustainability inspired from permaculture [video]”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
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@freethejazz2024 · in “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
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