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SF Permacomputing Club (luma.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/sanfrancisco@lemmy.world
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Swing by and say hi!

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[–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

This could be interesting. I'm not sure if I could be much of a contribution to the conversation as I am not a software engineer. But I think I may have some shared values and could listen.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago

    You don't need to be a software engineer to join! We welcome anyone who would like to come and share ideas :)

    To quote the wiki:

    Permacomputing can take many forms, and every context and situation is different, but even without a one-size-fits-all solution, we can share knowledge and resources that could be useful.

    For someone, getting started with permacomputing may be:

    • helping a school to work with recycled computers
    • learning how to repair and replace components in computing hardware
    • discussing the use and impact of smartphones in the household, or data centers in the workplace
    • working with local farms and collectives to develop low energy weather prediction
    • researching how to provide less resource-intensive tools and systems for their lab or workspace
    • getting involved with initiatives to create energy efficient and accessible local libraries of information
    • engaging with politics and policy making to advance tech and enviromental regulation in their institution, town, or region
    • helping artists interested to engage with ecological topics using tools and media in line with this intention
    • writing their own FORTH for a chip reclaimed from e-waste

    https://permacomputing.net/permacomputing/

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    • [–] 1 point 7 months ago*

    That's an interesting idea that I've never thought about...

    My first thought is that we should be preserving information instead of computational power, but that's a library.

    Libraries are fine, but you need some way to store and and analyze raw data, and calculate simulations, and a computer is definitely needed for that.

    A quick google tells me that the oldest functioning computer is the Harwell Computer, or WITCH and it looks like it needs a fair amount of somewhat advanced manufacturing to keep it in spare parts.

    Just look at those dekatron things that it uses for memory!

    I don't know where they dredged up spares of those things for the 2012 restoration

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