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 (DIR) Post #B7VdEVRL2KtbBFM9gG by carapace@mastodon.social
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       I think I posted this before, so apologies if you've heard it.  (I'm going through older files and cleaning things up.)In re: funding for FOSS...It's very hard to write correct | ergonomic software.  It takes a long time to learn how to do it (for most people.  There are a handful of savants that seem to be able to do it naturally.)
       
 (DIR) Post #B7VdEVgw6LN9xcebzc by carapace@mastodon.social
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       Software is eternal.  ("Bit rot" is a misnomer.)  Once written it endures exactly (if properly cared for), and can be enacted by emulator if the original hardware is unavailable.We really only need a small amount of "core" software, and it should be written by savants and those who care enough to do the work to make themselves savantish.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7VdEW0Qvqy6w5mBNo by shapr@recurse.social
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       @carapace have you read "programmer at large" ?https://archiveofourown.org/works/9233966?view_full_work=true
       
 (DIR) Post #B7VdEW5kc5DpCaGQfg by carapace@mastodon.social
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       Now that we have invented the electric motor (artificial muscle) and the transistor (artificial logic), along with all our physical arts and science, we can arrange things on the Earth to provide a high standard of living for all while simultaneously improving the health and vitality of the living world.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7VdEWS5H35QJqiGTw by carapace@mastodon.social
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       As it is arranged now our global economy is inconceivably wasteful and heartbreakingly destructive.  It doesn't have to be this way.  We can change our ways and avert the worst of the climate disaster, or we can run off the edge of the cliff and crash, bringing a lot of the global macroscopic ecosystem with us.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7VdEWla6YgNIJpps8 by carapace@mastodon.social
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       We can construct a civilization that automatically provides a high standard of living to all without the need for all the drudgery while improving the life of the Earth.  (I'm talking about a four hour work week.)Once we do that the problem of funding FOSS disappears.