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This is a FORTH-like language by a programmer-artist who aspires to live a minimalist nomadic lifestyle of self-reliance (resides on a boat with his partner, no
by jll29 3y ago
This is a FORTH-like language by a programmer-artist who aspires to live a minimalist nomadic lifestyle of self-reliance (resides on a boat with his partner, no permanent home, sold most material goods), and who creates minimalist computer art(ifacts).
An attempt to build up a simple system with tools from scratch combined with a flair of "retro"/80s, but more out of artistic aspirations than to build something useful, as far as I remember.
- bitwize 3y agoYep, they were the "Canadian couple" I mentioned in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39586904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39586904 Artisanal software indeed.
- smikhanov 3y agoOh, did they win the “my shares have vested” lottery? I didn’t know that, honestly. It doesn’t seem like they are living any sort of luxurious lifestyle on that boat.
- bitwize 3y agoI dunno if they have or not, but they must have had a nice little sum stashed away to buy a boat and then retire on it, spending their days coding whatever they want. To me that alone is a luxury and they are in a very enviable position.
- smikhanov 3y agoIn any event, this thing they’re doing is cool. The world definitely needs alternative approaches to computing.