LISP
acdw
joined 4 years ago
LISP
It's easier to get into than you'd think -- and SICP (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, a seminal text) is written in Scheme, a Lisp. LISP
I really like it -- I haven't thought of it in terms of politics, but it's very enjoyable. I haven't watched it really since college though ... my room-mate had all the DVDs so that's where we really watched it.
I need to try these again
I have Draw installed, and it's a lot of fun, but the others didn't quite have that /it/ factor when I tested them. There's more though than before, as well!
This is a very well-written post, and it's sad, because the same thing is going to happen with it as with all the other well-written take-downs of proprietary, siloed, platforms: the people who /need/ to read it aren't /going/ to read it, and WhatsApp (slash Facebook, slash Twitter, slash Instagram, slash Signal, slash ...) is still going to be used by a huge portion of the population.
Maybe I just feel really cynical today. I do think that "user domestication" is a great metaphor for what happens. I guess what I'm saying is: fighting against this kind of corporate behavior feels about as effective as fighting against factory farming by going vegetarian. Like, sure, it helps, but the machine is /so big/. It's hard to feel like we're doing anything.
Haha, I'm on a Zoom call ... right now!!! (It's caused a bunch of problems, lemme tell you, oh wait you already know all of them!)
sigh ... like a patron told me today, ya gotta laff to keep from crying!