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WimⓂ️

@neauoire In this context, what are those ecosystems?

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28 August at 18:19 | Wall-to-wall | Open on merveilles.town
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Devine Lu Linvega

@wim_v12e @eli_oat whichever the living environment in which computation is thrown at a problem

28 August at 18:35 | Open on merveilles.town
WimⓂ️

@neauoire OK, I see, it's a "real" ecosystem ^_^.
I asked because "ecosystem" is also used as a term of all the tools etc you need for a certain way of computing, like "the Python ecosystem".

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28 August at 18:53 | Open on merveilles.town
Devine Lu Linvega

@wim_v12e yes yes, usually computation is used to solve human problems(sometimes animal problems too, often both)
For example, your water tank or bilge pump automatic float-switch keeps you afloat and alive, and keeps the toxic chemicals aboard out of the water and thus protect the life under the surface. The amount of computing power here should be as thin as possible to benefit and not get in the way of the lives of the ecosystem(people aboard, and of the fishes and mammals below)
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28 August at 22:07 | Open on merveilles.town
mirth

@neauoire @wim_v12e @eli_oat One of the most challenging aspects of computer related infrastructure is allowing for anyone besides yourself to operate and maintain the thing.

28 August at 22:10 | Open on mastodon.sdf.org
WimⓂ️

@neauoire
There is indirection though, isn't there? Often we solve problems by paying money to someone else, and a lot of people (most I guess) use compute to do the work to earn that money. That creates additional constraints which might lead to a higher use of compute than in the direct case.
I am just thinking aloud here about the implications of the premise. Of course it could be that it is simply impossible to adhere to pmc tenets unless the org/corp you work for does.

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@neauoire
There is indirection though, isn't there? Often we solve problems by paying money to someone else, and a lot of people (most I guess) use compute to do the work to earn that money. That creates additional constraints which might lead to a higher use of compute than in the direct case.
I am just thinking aloud here about the implications of the premise. Of course it could be that it is simply impossible to adhere to pmc tenets unless the org/corp you work for does.

29 August at 11:43 | Open on merveilles.town
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