R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<p>New <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> post: A Time-Traveler's Guide to Affordable Computing</p><p><a href="https://rldane.space/a-time-travelers-guide-to-affordable-computing.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rldane.space/a-time-travelers-guide-to-affordable-computing.html</a></p><p>1467 words</p><p>Ok, I heard some fair complaints about my <em>schlocky</em> previous post, and this one is much more <strong>serious</strong>. Ok, what am I saying?? It's straight-up sci-fi comedy with a retrocomputing subject matter, but I <em>took it seriously</em>.</p><p>Initially, I was inspired by CJ's wonderful <a href="https://ww0cj.radio/goodbye-mac-hello-framework/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">blost</a> about his transition from being a long-term mac user to now daily-driving Linux, and wanted to share my own experiences as a long-term Mac user over nearly two decades, with a decade and a half separating the two times. But then my internal Sotolf mental processes went off and reminded me of how elitist and anti-common-person / anti-consumer / anti-human Apple was, and I went in a <em>very</em> different direction.</p><p>I hope y'all enjoy the humor. :D</p><p>Minor <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/cw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CW</span></a>: some of the humor is of a USPOL nature. It's very light, humor and presentation-wise, but the implications are pretty dark, if you take it seriously (which you're not intended or likely inclined to!)</p><p>cc: my wonderful <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/chorus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chorus</span></a>: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@joel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>joel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@dm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dm</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@sotolf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sotolf</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@thedoctor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thedoctor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://merveilles.town/@pixx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pixx</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@orbitalmartian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>orbitalmartian</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@adamsdesk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>adamsdesk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@krafter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>krafter</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@roguefoam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>roguefoam</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@clayton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>clayton</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@giantspacesquid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>giantspacesquid</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/@Twizzay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Twizzay</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedi.stfn.pl/@stfn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stfn</span></a></span></p><p>(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)</p><p><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/100daystooffload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>100DaysToOffload</span></a> #39</p><p><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/rldanewriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rlDaneWriting</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/blost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blost</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/timetravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravel</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/polemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polemic</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPOL</span></a></p>