Post APCGX0TWJkWh8aYBeq by viznut@venera.social
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(DIR) Post #APC8QcMoEtYszpr0ls by 320x200@post.lurk.org
2022-11-02T13:29:48Z
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Help us and contribute to a CRAPPY EVERYDAY COMPUTER TECH BINGO!For a short #permacomputing talk at zinecamp this sunday in Rotterdam/NL, we will be doing a small bingo about all the everyday situations created by inaccessible, incompatible, inefficient, rigid, failing, extractivist, environmentally disastrous crappy computer tech.We do that to address several topics to a broader audience who may not be familiar with notions of vendor lock-in, proprietary standards, software bloat, cornucopianism, siliconization, planned obsolescence, software rot, maximalism, etc, and *yet* are suffering, like everyone else, from all this stuff on a daily basis.Do you have ideas for silly situations and painful feels? We will make a final version this coming Saturday as well as credit contributors, and point to the post's URL. Of course we will also post the final bingo board here as well :)(and on the permacomputing wiki of course https://permacomputing.net)Thanks!:boost_requested: boosts are very very very much appreciated!#ecology #repair #tech #sendhelp
(DIR) Post #APC8QcpAXSFMPn7eyW by entreprecariat@post.lurk.org
2022-11-02T13:36:09Z
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@320x200 I have an old iPad that i can't use to watch Youtube videos (its main if not only function) because the device is too old for the OS required in order to be able to install the Youtube app. :unacceptable:
(DIR) Post #APCGX0TWJkWh8aYBeq by viznut@venera.social
2022-11-02T14:41:50Z
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"Something went wrong" (the most descriptive error message you're likely to get in the 2020s)"I don't know if it's still loading or if something went wrong" (the second best option)"I don't know if the app even works or if it's just faking that it works"
(DIR) Post #APCGadbRIXYHMIzBjs by viznut@venera.social
2022-11-02T15:01:56Z
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In addition to "where are my files?" there's also "what is a file?" (Because file systems are so well hidden nowadays that you may not even learn their basic concepts)Also related: A multinational corporation's service as the easiest way of copying a file between two nearby devices
(DIR) Post #APCJVkF1UMhEMVrLH6 by neauoire@merveilles.town
2022-11-02T15:38:02Z
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@320x200 glued batteriessubscription exercise bicyclecolors as a servicelatest update broke retro-compatibilityquietly minting monero behind your backdockerfile
(DIR) Post #APCJzSPgKzhrkz0rce by neauoire@merveilles.town
2022-11-02T15:44:55Z
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@320x200 DRM authentication server is offlinesmart thermostat burns down the housemust whitelist third party javascript to display a jpgminimalist electron applicationsthe CEO is suddenly really into crypto, and so should you
(DIR) Post #APCK3yZchy1uetokzY by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2022-11-02T15:46:17.503168Z
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@neauoire @320x200 node_modules folder is bigger than your operating system.
(DIR) Post #AZL2ujDh6nF0CeASky by 320x200@post.lurk.org
2022-11-03T14:19:32Z
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This has turned into an epic thread!had to 🥲 quite a few times Thanks so much everyone! Also got a few extras via other channels.Basically there is now enough for two bingo cards: one for people having to rely on crappy everyday computer tech but not necessarily aware of specific software/hardware jargon and practices, and one for those who are more familiar with their inner workings.We can use the first bingo, as planned, as a device to start discussions around non obvious concepts/patterns, and we can use the second one for group therapies :thinknyan: We will put the two on the #permacomputing wiki and in this thread.If you have more, do not hesitate to keep adding, we will make more grids or make room for more entries if needed!
(DIR) Post #AZL2up9J41IQamA2ka by 320x200@post.lurk.org
2022-11-04T17:01:30Z
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So there's enough stuff for 5 thematically sorted bingo boards! :)Will first work on one related to the topic of productivity, for the #permacomputing Sunday pres at zinecamp, and will go through the others slowly but surely afterwards. Will also update if anyone adds to the thread!
(DIR) Post #AZL2uwPs2phn8Axs2a by 320x200@post.lurk.org
2022-11-11T15:06:20Z
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Well the #zinecamp2022 presentation turned out great. We ended up making a selection of the prompts, and used that to play bingo with the audience for the second half of the #permacomputing presentation. As we were going through the game, people from the audience could share how such or such prompt was relatable or an ongoing source of suffering. The winner got freshly baked cookies as reward. We will do that again for sure.As for the rest of the prompts, there are so many and they are all so good, so I will just make a quick command line bingo board generator and put some of its output on the wiki :)(with everyone properly credited ofc)So if you have more ideas, check the top post of this thread for existing entries and feel free to add missing ones!Photo credit: @automatist !