Shamar @Shamar@qoto.org

"What have I learnt?" asks Niklaus #Wirth.
"#Programs must not be regarded as #code for #computers, but as #literature for #humans"

I hope that one day people will really understand and embrace Wirth's legacy.

We will have a better cybernetic world then.

https://video.ethz.ch/conferences/2014/wirth/d40b0ce9-b9fa-4ba3-8dee-cf9d0c6f01a4.html

Ok, the article is just a bit superficial, but the cover image is basically me every damn day of my life.

https://itwire.com/open-source/submitting-known-buggy-linux-patches-ethical,-noble-and-brave.html

#GAFAM vs #hackers

La slide del mio intervento di domani per la Conferenza #AIUCD2021 titolato "La lotta informatica per la Democrazia cibernetica".

#cloud #copyright #FreeSoftware #FreeSpeech #DRM #Informatics #Coding #ComputationalThinking #Marketing #OpenSource #FOSS

Finally, in 2020, #GCC 9.2.0 has been ported to #Jehanne.

Not a big achievement in the grand scheme of things, but still Jehanne is the first #Plan9 fork to run modern binutils and GCC.

http://jehanne.io/2021/01/06/gcc_on_jehanne.html

First run of #Jehanne Operating System since the spread of #COVID__19 in Piedmont, #Italy.

Cleaning up the #GCC port.

1943: Italian phrase book for American soldiers during the second World War.

Brand new #SmartPhone models from my daughters' #hacklab. They built the safest system money can't buy, the only one a child should be allowed to use.

And note the App selection for their operating system: they didn't ask for any suggestions!

My #Italy is back.

#OSI board.

Photo shared by http://techrights.org/2020/01/07/monster-packages/

#Programming is #BlackMagic.

It feels neglected and wants to leave.

I didn't intend to hurt your feelings, #Java...

(🤣)

The most important program in my whole career.

🤣

http://www.tesio.it/2019/10/15/the-most-important-program-in-my-whole-career.html

Thanks to #WSL people can run #Linux tools on #Windows.

Think about it....

... a little more...

...nothing?

Let me give an hint: people can install an X server too (separately, either ##Xming or #Cygwin).

Nothing yet?

Ok, last tip: you can install #xpdf from #Debian #GNU / Linux.

Nothing?

🤦‍♂️

You can teach people how to read #DRM protected #PDF on #Microsoft Windows.

But that's not the most interesting lesson you can teach them.

Through this DRM violation you can show them how fragile is #Capitalism. 😉

And it's even more general: there are always ways to subvert an oppressive system, usually provided by the oppressors themselves.

A great #hacker used to say: "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick." 👼

#Stallman at #Microsoft