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Farooq [Master Patata] @farooqkz@mastodon.bsd.cafe · Jul 30, 2026
Replying to @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

I very much am interested in looking OS designs beyond #Unix.

For instance I felt a real need for a different programming interface, OS and filesystem while I was doing research. I thought I wanted a #Lisp Machine comeback(hence title of the blog post below). But after research, I found the precise term to be "residential style developement". Below is me blog post:

https://far.chickenkiller.com/computing/do-i-need-a-lisp-machine-comeback/

I have also seen other software developers complaining about storage interface in Operating Systems and programming languages. For instance, here's a quote from Viktor who develops #Marginalia search engine complaining about this:

This is mostly a post to complain about something > that chafes. I wish there was a programming language (ideally several) that acknowledged that computers have hard drives, not just a processor, RAM and other_devices[].

His blog post is here:

https://www.marginalia.nu/log/53-better-hard-drive-metaphor/

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Abigail @Marginalia_Moose@mastodon.social · Jul 21, 2026
Mice beseige Cat Castle and other great medieval marginalia for #MarginaliaMonday https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/ludicrous-figures-in-the-margin #Marginalia
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mongoose
Baroque Mongoose @mongoose@vmst.io · May 07, 2026
A lovely 12th-century illuminated capital today. I think the expression and the body language of the woman on the left are absolutely priceless. #mediaeval #marginalia
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mongoose
Baroque Mongoose @mongoose@vmst.io · May 04, 2026
A slightly unusual one today, partly because it's a full page, and partly because it's in English. This is a lovely 12th-century page from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". #mediaeval #marginalia
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mongoose
Baroque Mongoose @mongoose@vmst.io · Apr 20, 2026
I am not happy with my ability to draw oxen. So I take courage from this 11th-century artist, who I reckon was in general pretty good, but when it came to drawing the legs of the oxen at the back of the picture, they went "nah, that's just going to look confusing". #mediaeval #marginalia
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Baroque Mongoose @mongoose@vmst.io · Mar 27, 2026
There are mediaeval medical textbooks; this isn't one of them. This is just a random illustration showing a doctor treating someone's ear. Plus obligatory dragon... er... dinosaur... er... blue reptile sort of thing. #mediaeval #marginalia
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mongoose
Baroque Mongoose @mongoose@vmst.io · Mar 17, 2026
It's the snail that really gets me about this image. I mean, it's fairly bizarre to start with, but the snail takes the weird to a whole new level. #mediaeval #marginalia
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mongoose
Baroque Mongoose @mongoose@vmst.io · Mar 06, 2026
This is basically the mediaeval version of my cleric protagonist, Nivaunel. When confronting evil, she doesn't lose her cool. She just punches. Hard. #mediaeval #marginalia #writing
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mongoose
Baroque Mongoose @mongoose@vmst.io · Feb 26, 2026
Some mediaeval art is extraordinarily good. This isn't. I could do a better job. Nonetheless, I think you might enjoy the whimsy anyway. #mediaeval #marginalia
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Baroque Mongoose @mongoose@vmst.io · Feb 12, 2026
The next in the marginalia series, and a personal favourite. This is what you did in mediaeval times if you needed a wheelchair. (From the Luttrell Psalter.) #mediaeval #marginalia #disability
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Baroque Mongoose @mongoose@vmst.io · Feb 09, 2026
I think I'm going to do an occasional mediaeval marginalia series for your entertainment and diversion. Let's start with this one. It's from the Maastricht Psalter (14th century), and it proves that cats never change! #cats #spinning #mediaeval #marginalia
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