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Some hope on Colapse OS [1] perhaps? [1] http://collapseos.org http://collapseos.org

by divan 3y ago

eddtries 3y ago
Must be somewhat depressing to be living in a state of fear such that you build an OS specifically for when you assume all supply chains fail globally, probably this decade. Seems both stressful AND unlikely your project will truly be useful in such a position. Not knocking the tech or author, just a thought about such depressing predictions!
- 3-cheese-sundae 3y ago
  Well, someone's got to think of contingencies. It might as well be someone who's already prone to such consuming thoughts. I hope it's never needed, but if it is, there's also some chance we may be thankful for its existence.
- ForHackernews 3y ago
  It's a very interesting hobby project that involves thinking about technology in a different way. It's not any more useless than Haskell.
  - adastra22 3y ago
    Many major businesses use Haskell. A better comparison might be brainfuck.
  - eddtries 3y ago
    I’ve written production Haskell that dealt with billions of USD transactions per day, fwiw
    - deleted 3y ago
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MisterTea 3y ago
The only hope is one can find the now obsolete computing parts needed after the last modern computer stops working. Collapse OS is a fantasy.
- nine_k 3y ago
  Half of the Earth will be unaffected by the flare. Even if a storm fries all electronics on one side of Earth, there will remain devices, networks, and factories on the other side, likely somehow protected by the bulk of the planet.
  - adastra22 3y ago
    Flares aren’t line-of-sight nor instantaneous. The whole earth would be affected.
  - btilly 3y ago
    Not true. The flare itself is fairly fast. But the issue is charged particles that take longer to get us. And they are spread out in time. As https://www.livescience.com/carrington-event https://www.livescience.com/carrington-event describes, the Carrington Event was a solar flare lasting only 5 minutes. But the magnetic disturbances kept arriving over a week.
    - TeMPOraL 3y ago
      Reminds me of an episode of an old TV show (I think it was [0]), where one night, the Moon was shining unusually bright. While everyone else marveled at the beauty of the phenomenon, the protagonist is one of the few who understood that if the Moon is this bright, it means the other side of the Earth is currently on fire, and they all have but a few hours left to live. -- [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Outer_Limits_(1995_TV_series)_episodes#ep33 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Outer_Limits_(1995...
      - jrd259 3y ago
        based on Larry Niven story Inconstant Moon which won the 1972 Hugo Award for best short story.

Some hope on Colapse OS [1] perhaps? [1] http://collapseos.org http://collapseos.org

by divan 3y ago

Some hope on Colapse OS [1] perhaps? [1] http://collapseos.org http://collapseos.org

Must be somewhat depressing to be living in a state of fear such that you build an OS specifically for when you assume all supply chains fail globally, probably this decade. Seems both stressful AND unlikely your project will truly be useful in such a position. Not knocking the tech or author, just a thought about such depressing predictions!

3-cheese-sundae 3y ago
Well, someone's got to think of contingencies. It might as well be someone who's already prone to such consuming thoughts. I hope it's never needed, but if it is, there's also some chance we may be thankful for its existence.
ForHackernews 3y ago
It's a very interesting hobby project that involves thinking about technology in a different way. It's not any more useless than Haskell.
- adastra22 3y ago
  Many major businesses use Haskell. A better comparison might be brainfuck.
- eddtries 3y ago
  I’ve written production Haskell that dealt with billions of USD transactions per day, fwiw
  - deleted 3y ago
    [deleted]

MisterTea 3y ago

The only hope is one can find the now obsolete computing parts needed after the last modern computer stops working. Collapse OS is a fantasy.

nine_k 3y ago
Half of the Earth will be unaffected by the flare. Even if a storm fries all electronics on one side of Earth, there will remain devices, networks, and factories on the other side, likely somehow protected by the bulk of the planet.
- adastra22 3y ago
  Flares aren’t line-of-sight nor instantaneous. The whole earth would be affected.
- btilly 3y ago
  Not true. The flare itself is fairly fast. But the issue is charged particles that take longer to get us. And they are spread out in time. As https://www.livescience.com/carrington-event https://www.livescience.com/carrington-event describes, the Carrington Event was a solar flare lasting only 5 minutes. But the magnetic disturbances kept arriving over a week.
  - TeMPOraL 3y ago
    Reminds me of an episode of an old TV show (I think it was [0]), where one night, the Moon was shining unusually bright. While everyone else marveled at the beauty of the phenomenon, the protagonist is one of the few who understood that if the Moon is this bright, it means the other side of the Earth is currently on fire, and they all have but a few hours left to live. -- [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Outer_Limits_(1995_TV_series)_episodes#ep33 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Outer_Limits_(1995...
    - jrd259 3y ago
      based on Larry Niven story Inconstant Moon which won the 1972 Hugo Award for best short story.