Post #1295200
2026-03-06 20:14 UTC
Replies (5)
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@markz@suppo.fi 2026-03-06 21:37
Someone: *Makes a cool hobby project* Internet people: “Trash. I don’t approve. How dare you make something that isn’t useful to me. Fuck you and die.”
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@obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 2026-03-06 20:20
Hacking isn't about reinventing the wheel. This isn't a finished product destined for a market. Even if it was, think about the small business utilities involved in local knowledge ("low-tech"): many small producers (farmers, shops, etc.) still use "obsolete" mechanisms and improvised mechanical technology. If that could reflect personal or community knowledge into real technology, even if "low technology", that's already a social gain for those people. Besides that, it's worth it for a personal project where the end goal is obtaining knowledge about how things work in the world. Not everything is about stocks, and stocks doesn't fill all of the "market" also.
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@Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 2026-03-07 00:04
>but it is about software, not hardware. Hey Bestie! Sorry, but you are absolutely wrong here. 😊 There are ***several*** options for free and open source software for mobile applications, and it only works with a *teeny tiny sliver* of the available hardware because almost none of the hardware is even remotely open. 😭 At this stage, it is absolutely about hardware that actually supports the Open Source community, because all the software imaginable is useless if it can't run on any available hardware! 😁 Kthx, Lots of Love! 🤩
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@jim_v@lemmy.world 2026-03-07 00:55
This poster has never made an LED blink and it shows.
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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2026-03-07 11:26
Aside from the irony, there's lots to be improved for a Desktop/touch-only computer if you can start from scratch, vs. the current server hardware and software stack with a desktop HID shoehorned on it. Also, can we please get rid of "recalculating a still image 60+ times a second just for the fun of it" and take a "changes-only, the rest buffered" approach? We don't use CRT displays anymore. Also, CPU architectures could be event-driven, instead of cycling. These two could allow for far simpler Megahertz computer designs in the future, vs. the overpowered and inefficient (GHz) monoliths from only 3 companies we have currently.