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I just started watching the Cory Doctorow talk and he used the expression "the war on general purpose computing", which I liked a lot.
by ekjhgkejhgk 10mo ago
I just started watching the Cory Doctorow talk and he used the expression "the war on general purpose computing", which I liked a lot.
- the_biot 10mo agoThat's actually the name of a talk he used to give. Very well done, but it didn't actually come true the way he thought it would.
- abdullahkhalids 10mo agoThe war is not over, and the side of general purpose computing is still slowly losing.
- homarp 10mo agoHN on that talk: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33854184 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33854184
- cedws 10mo agoCory's talk has got me excited. De-Americanisation of the internet sounds like a bright future. Europe needs to grow and break free of the chains.