"An approach to computing and sustainability inspired from permaculture" by Devine Lu Linvega
Strange Loop Conference4 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2023–2024
talk · general · evergreen · 2023–2024 on HN
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.
Praised as a standout, non-standard Strange Loop talk explaining the reasoning behind Uxn and resilient computing.
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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
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
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
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.