there is no event sign up, so just pop by! the workshop will be held from 11:00–16:00 at unsorted.love on sunday.

all you need to bring is -
* one sample of working code or a creative tech project that makes you feel something...
* a computer capable of running Python 3 (we will use literate programming tools which require this).
* any text or code editor of your choice.
* any additional artistic tools that help you tell its story!

here’s more info about the event: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUQHVkJiJgF/

I'll be doing another iteration (last one 😢) of the literate programming workshop in Zurich on the 15th! At https://unsorted.love <3 come by if you're in the area 🤖

I'm a software developer with 40 years' professional experience, lucky enough to be considering early retirement. I love writing code and don't want to stop. I'm keen to give something back and contribute to one or more open source projects.

The questions are, to what shall I contribute, and how do I get started?

My skills are mainly C++, having spent much of the past decade programmatically dismantling and reassembling Microsoft Office files. I'm quite happy to learn Rust or Go, but don't really like webby front-endy ux stuff.

Any suggestions for a worthy project to which I could contribute? Please boost if you can.

#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareDev #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

@lukasfx @foyglgezang nice to see @praxeology in this! ❤️‍🔥

@tunera this is great <3

trying to get as much info as possible for this mildly niche and recent topic obsession of mine - pls give me any book recommendations for tech history during and post- eastern bloc.. ideally about diy tech, #piracy, folk culture, #self-hosting collectives and laws & regulations around technology use in countries that were aligned with the soviet union ??

UPDATE: Thanks to @doriane we now have a section that quickly summarizes what is permacomputing and *also* a printable PDF zine of the score/guide. 🎉 🖨️

Do you want to start a permacomputing collective? :permacomputing:

In the past months, and with support from @Error417 we have developed a small score/guide/recipe that can hopefully inspire you to get started with this topic.

https://brewing.permacomputing.net

The text of the guide was written by anna andrejew (https://annaandrejew.com), @praxeology and @latentspace based on interviews with @anmeisel (London Permacomputing Club), @archipielago (Middle America Archipiélago I community servers), @colm (Wilderland permacomputing group), @cmos4040 and @decentral1se (rotterdam.permacomputing.net), @praxeology (Berlin Permacomputing Meet Up), @michal (Node9), @sister0 (Autoluminescence Institute), @freebliss (permacomputing Vienna), and Steve McLaughlin (Philly permacomputing + solar punk meetups at @iffybooks hosted together with Dave Slinger).

Copy editing and advice by @l03s and myself. Design for the dedicated website and PDF by @doriane with illustrations from @raquelmeyers

#permacomputing #community #collective #organisation

"too dirty to be trained" · Make your data too dirty for '#AI'. Can we opt out from being trained by becoming unqualified? @jwn

👉🏻 https://too-dirty-to-be-trained.net

in ljubljana this weekend at osmo/za for some more #permacomputing !! join us to write markdown, living documentation and literate programming together <33
more info here: https://www.osmoza.si/en/event/pocket-infrastructure :)

Adela and myself would like to invite you to Parameter - our generative arts fair! \(>w<)/

Connect with an international community of artists and support transformative practices and aesthetics that challenge recommender systems, art markets and project-based production while emphasising care, accessibility, adaptability and resilience.

This Saturday at Kino Šiška: https://wiki.ljudmila.org/Adela:_Parameter_2025_(en)

More data in this year's catalogue: https://wiki.ljudmila.org/images/9/95/Parameter-2025-katalog.pdf

Today at Stroom, 17:00, Den Haag, Netherlands.

The most discussed event since the Zuckerberg VS Musk cage fight.

:nes_fire: :nes_fire: :nes_fire: Permacomputing London Club VS Berlin Permacomputing Meet Up VS Rotterdam Varia's Permacomputing Working Group :nes_fire: :nes_fire: :nes_fire:

What could possibly go wrong??

https://www.stroom.nl/en/stroom/agenda-en/brewing-permacomputing-collectives

We will discuss the experience of several permacomputing groups, and tease an upcoming score/recipe/guideline to start permacomputing collectives (with support from @Error417 )

With presentations from: @anmeisel @praxeology @cmos4040 anna andrejew, and Lua Vollaard

#permacomputing #mma #denhaag

@vga256 omg looove this 🥺

ok cool! I'm in London with permacomputing club!
we're probably gonna move our site to this version that uses kiki https://anmeisel.srht.site/ needs css tweaks but getting there! :)

@vga256 ahh that's where the bug analogy comes from! I was wondering how that all started hehe 🐞
thanks for explaining!

just out of curiosity, where are you based?

@vga256 hey :) im intrigued with the bug syntax! do you have any documentation around where it comes from? currently working with #kiki and loving it!

intensely excited to be at the #permacomputing meetup in the hague next weeeeeek. will be talking about the london chapter of permacomputing, alongside legends anna andrejew, brendan howell, danny tirthdas van der kleij and @320x200 💠 tickets via https://www.stroom.nl/en/stroom/agenda-en/brewing-permacomputing-collectives come come friday 28th 🌠

@estherschindler the goat!

London Permacomputing Club: Literate Programming Workshop with @anmeisel @spacehobo

Date: Sunday 23 November
Time: 16:00 - 21:00 (15:45 doors open)
Location: Varia, Gouwstraat 3

> Repair, after all, is a social activity. -- Shannon Mattern

During this session we will discuss the role of code as a tool for communicating methodology to human audiences. Through practices of Literate Programming and explanatory storytelling, we will explore the forms of the “repair manual” and the relationships we form with our functional possessions.

We will cover the history of manuals for home repair, and explore the boundaries of code documentation practices. Together we will work through an example piece of code, and develop a “Literate” manual that explains its theory of operation to the satisfaction of the class. We will then work in small groups to produce a collection of similar resources that use whatever literary or artistic methods best explain each of a collection of for compilation into an anthology.

If you’re interested in joining, please send an e-mail to info@varia.zone with the topic [literate programming]. Please bring at least one sample of working code (yours or someone else’s) for inclusion in our compendium. This could be code that you enjoy explaining to other people, or something you wish to explore and get to know better.

The literate programming tools we will demonstrate require a computer that can run Python 3, and the code or text editing tools of your choice. Feel free to bring artistic tools of your own that may help you tell the story of your chosen code, and we will help integrate your art into the resulting work. The goal of this workshop is to produce an anthology of documents that help future users maintain and repair their software.

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The London Permacomputing Club is a community gathering dedicated to permacomputing – cultivating resilient, and sustainable approaches to technology. They meet every week to share skills and experience that can help us all reduce waste and preserve our digital history.

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Event text re-posted from https://zork.net/~nick/varia/announcement.html

my friend has been working on this documentary for about a year now and is looking to develop it further... "Well, at least since the NYT published the original Luddite Club article—Day 1 is actually sometime in 1811." here's a link if you wanna help out >:) - https://donate.mazloweb.com/donate/TiWnUHs1GUrB59mC6FDnSc
#luddites

If you're around Varia (Rotterdam) this weekend, @spacehobo will be running a fun little #literate #programming workshop which, personally, I can't wait for 📜 https://zork.net/~nick/varia/announcement.html join us!!!
#permacomputing

any #permacomputing artists and technologists in Poland (#Warsaw), Slovenia (#Ljubljana) and #Switzerland? I would love to interview you for something exciting coming up... !