Can't wait to use and promote illegal operating systems that do not verify age.

[0x0ddc0ffee@infosec.exchange]

@serapath @catsalad Laptops, yes, and from a technical standpoint, phones should also be possible. Probably not phones that use existing phone networks, unfortunately, given the tight corporate and government control on what can connect to those networks. If some of the current mesh network projects continue to progress and spread, though, that might be less of an issue.

[serapath@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@0x0ddc0ffee @catsalad

is there a website or more information?
this sounds amazing.

how "fast" is it?
if its basic, its still useful for some tasks, but if it could compare to modern low end laptops, those that you can maybe buy new for 100-200 USD, that would be great. you could then install a desktop OS and use web browsers and various programs ... of course no high end gaming or any other performance/resource hungry app ...but still

[0x0ddc0ffee@infosec.exchange]

@serapath @catsalad You can find some of them on opencores.org. Most of what they have recreates fairly basic old machines, but in among them are several RISC-V and ARM-like implementations which could run modern operating systems and applications. It would take community efforts to build working computing devices around cores burned into FPGAs, but once there is motivation, I'm confident it will happen.

[amorpheus@kind.social]

@GerardThornley @tubetime @serapath @catsalad ARM is a good example. They just design circuitry, they do not fabricate it. Design is in the grasp of small expert groups and even individuals, but fabrication is only possible if you accumulate enough financial support.

Make your design and propose it. If you get enough supporters, let dedicated fabs produce it.

[amorpheus@kind.social]

@serapath @catsalad If 3D printers were already able to produce on sub-nm scale, I'd agree with joy, enthusiasm, dedication and participation... 🙂

[fluffykittycat@furry.engineer]

@catsalad pirate OSes, if you will.

[fluffykittycat@furry.engineer]

@duckwhistle @ClickyMcTicker @catsalad @ramonfincken good idea

[fluffykittycat@furry.engineer]

@ClickyMcTicker @catsalad @ramonfincken oppression is the point

[fluffykittycat@furry.engineer]

@serapath @catsalad I've been thinking about this. We should design for bigger mode sizes. If we can manufacture open hardware on the same fans that make power electronics we're pretty much home free. We will have to give up peak performance and power efficiency to do so.

In the meantime, don't throw out any hardware that runs and some of what doesn't. Old corpo laptops were cheap last I checked (double check because of RAM) and probably a good thing to buy by the palletload

[rootwyrm@weird.autos]

@catsalad @ramonfincken which means they will add it. The whole 'open source' and 'discussion' thing is a veneer over the fact that Shuttleworth is one of those people Big Mad about no more Apartheid, and super into phrenology, eugenics, and loves his pal Thiel.

[fluffykittycat@furry.engineer]

@serapath @tubetime @GerardThornley @Amorpheus @catsalad

https://youtu.be/HfSO-LCKmrA I wonder what this guy is making

[rootwyrm@weird.autos]

@serapath @catsalad and people need to get this through their skulls right now.
If that's your "solution" then you had better be prepared for nothing more advanced than a cut-down Raspberry Pi 1. You will never see anything resembling a modern processor again.
Hardware is EXTREMELY capital intensive. You cannot "open source" a 12 layer PCIe AM5 motherboard. This is why people need to be making clear to hardware companies that this collaboration will result in consequences well beyond sales drops

[christoff@yem.bouncingaroundtheroom.online]

@catsalad enemy of the people, to be sure

[codingitwrong@oldbytes.space]

@catsalad trying and failing to find a screen cap to reply with of the in-universe ad poster within Bomb Rush Cyberfunk that just says “crimin’” 👍👍

[su_liam@mas.to]

@fluffykittycat @ClickyMcTicker @catsalad @ramonfincken The point is to fight oppression. By any means necessary.

[su_liam@mas.to]

@fluffykittycat @serapath @tubetime @GerardThornley @Amorpheus @catsalad Blue Crystal Meth Computing!

[hurt138@mastodon.social]

@catsalad they will just lock the cpu on a hardware level unless your os supports the correct age verification protocol and dials home before loading.

[captain@mstdn.plus]

@catsalad
That won't matter as the TPM on the MOBO will simply block you if you do not identify yourself.

[korulikesmanga@sakurajima.moe]

@catsalad It is such BS that that is even at a discussion level in any country's legal system.

[hacknorris@mstdn.social]

@catsalad and i can't wait until someone will make chat/microblog app running locally over bluetooth/wifi in a mesh way