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* '''Turing complete user''' - http://reader.lgru.net/texts/turing-complete-user/ - ''Computers are getting invisible. They shrink and hide. They lurk under the skin and dissolve in the cloud. We observe the process like an eclipse of the sun, partly scared, partly overwhelmed. ''
 
* '''Turing complete user''' - http://reader.lgru.net/texts/turing-complete-user/ - ''Computers are getting invisible. They shrink and hide. They lurk under the skin and dissolve in the cloud. We observe the process like an eclipse of the sun, partly scared, partly overwhelmed. ''
 
* '''Inside Photoshop''' - http://reader.lgru.net/texts/inside-photoshop/ - ''Contemporary media is experienced, created, edited, remixed, organized and shared with software.''...
 
* '''Inside Photoshop''' - http://reader.lgru.net/texts/inside-photoshop/ - ''Contemporary media is experienced, created, edited, remixed, organized and shared with software.''...
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== politics ==
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'''The REAL reason we use Linux
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We tell people we use Linux because it’s secure. Or because it’s free, because it’s customizable, because it’s free (the other meaning), because it has excellent community support… But all of that is just marketing bullshit. We tell that to non-Linuxers because they wouldn’t understand the real reason. And when we say those false reasons enough, we might even start to believe them ourselves.'''
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* [https://vhunk.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/we-use-linux-because-it%e2%80%99s-fun/ We Use Linux Because It’s Fun]
  
 
== utils ==
 
== utils ==

Revision as of 09:02, 10 September 2017

theory

“Free software” means software that respects users' freedom and community. Roughly, it means that the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. Thus, “free software” is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech,” not as in “free beer”. We sometimes call it “libre software,” borrowing the French or Spanish word for “free” as in freedom, to show we do not mean the software is gratis.

>> What is free software?


In order to foster a free and fair society I affirm that I will practice my profession with responsibility and with dignity.

>> Manifesto for Responsible Software Development


Reading Interfaces - http://reader.lgru.net/collections/reading-interfaces/ - The division and the implicit hierarchy between the user who accesses the interface and the developer who has insight into the underlying code sparks many questions. How does an interface expose and translate the underlying digital objects? To what extent does it frame and script the user behaviour? Are coding skills necessary for computer literacy? And is it possible to actively/deeply engage with software, if one confines oneself to the provided interface?

politics

The REAL reason we use Linux

We tell people we use Linux because it’s secure. Or because it’s free, because it’s customizable, because it’s free (the other meaning), because it has excellent community support… But all of that is just marketing bullshit. We tell that to non-Linuxers because they wouldn’t understand the real reason. And when we say those false reasons enough, we might even start to believe them ourselves.

utils

online identity ∋ [ social ∋ [mastodon♥, twitter®, facebook®, diaspora, linkedin®] ∥ repos ∋ [github®, gitlab♥, bitbucket®, sourceforge] ∥ media ∋ [itch.io®, vimeo®, peertube♥, twitch.tv®, tumblr®] ∥ communities ∋ [godotengine♥, openprocessing, stackoverflow, threejs]]