 Every new topic on HN about virtual machines ends up pitting Uxn against others. What sort of backward mindset is that, why does it have to be a competition for the one true VM that will rule above all others, do people think this is Highlander. The whole point of Uxn is to inspire people to make their own take on what their ideal personal computer can be, not to centralize all VM works onto a single target. Monoculture of architecture is what this is trying to cut through. 19 comments
 @neauoire I've grown to hate the phrase "more interesting", but that also leads to some self-hate for how often I catch myself using it. I've grown up immersed in this capitalist milieu, and it's very hard to deprogram my instincts to see everything as a competition.   i blame capitalism for people being unable to open their minds to a future where all activity is not centered around acquiring as much coin as possible ... (blame may not be placed completely accurately) we're going to need all the imagination we can muster to make a (better) future for ourselves  @calutron Could be, a lot of the DIY software culture relies on a monoculture of frameworks, so it makes for software that very much looks and fells like commercial equivalents. But it feels like that's by design, it's like a lot of things, keeping people scared and ignorant benefits markets. It's like that for a lot of things these days, don't learn plumbing, you're going to kill yourself and flood your house and your won't be insured! Software's the same. @neauoire Yeah that makes sense. I think people see things as products unless you explicitly frame it otherwise, like: https://archive.org/details/How.To.Build.Your.Own.Living.Structures.1974.Ken.Isaacs  @neauoire yes... that's exactly what they think - that VMs are a zero sum game, and developing on of your own means every other one is a little less popular than it could be @neauoire People have a hard time with the concept of rejecting infinite scope and accepting things might have a small scope and become feature complete. |
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@neauoire “there can be only one” 😂
If you ever start a list of alternatives that your project inspired add me to the list.