From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 14395 invoked from network); 20 Jan 2023 16:25:18 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 20 Jan 2023 16:25:18 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DA4E4251E; Sat, 21 Jan 2023 02:25:12 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuhs.org; s=dkim; t=1674231912; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:list-id:list-help: list-owner:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=ylyj5lBDoeagP+5u4XK6WU611rEO30nU+b4QXpKE6DU=; b=Mb7Bo2YVoamLFSTReG9dTqIse62PDK4CLVniEYHZv1o/n3AuEXl2C1xjDytifkX0HRU33a p2OjUmov2CMuqScOFq/kwtLpKWCgLY64Wec6oKNce+wgmru2V0irm52AsIiiUef0uOAB6j Uyld5IIGnUqo0UtXN/7C1nHKNAmst7o= Received: from mail-4318.protonmail.ch (mail-4318.protonmail.ch [185.70.43.18]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0FA764251B for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2023 02:25:04 +1000 (AEST) Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 16:24:50 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1674231902; x=1674491102; bh=ylyj5lBDoeagP+5u4XK6WU611rEO30nU+b4QXpKE6DU=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=jnEyIi90gs7wLO5kQYZfEs66QZMz6Pdrz9SFEnWtoepjg58aQX6r1qgb3otRpbKWY zcIOJAixeqtIZnpEtPKsSVwpGCK8pbmudi02VPSbhpFvdlrftovQw3mQfGCAtjta1m sjdqCZvfQRM8DAOTNqNa19iQ/BkI2zeP5u2PISNXF9DAMkyQwy46lsphDhoTm+SEpz KZHfMmyGKJqv/BHvoA+eKX1bcoJddKQDO6ysqI4evQ87/lqkol0tT/eoAG8AiNgbLB OcjD1KvCEuVKC22hJUKlsxV1a1hvvYmB7/J7lMSOG1IXQuoAZxs5QI/xiymZkQc1X+ 7+6/LJqZKb4oQ== To: Rich Morin Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <3C52C6D8-8742-4B72-8AE4-130C334EBA88@cfcl.com> References: <202301180943.30I9hrOw030485@freefriends.org> <0882D9CA-FAC8-4EC6-BA82-CE1D457423E5@iitbombay.org> <3C52C6D8-8742-4B72-8AE4-130C334EBA88@cfcl.com> Feedback-ID: 35591162:user:proton MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID-Hash: XHRX6I7A6MZFT55PAUIVSRX6ZCOPPIP5 X-Message-ID-Hash: XHRX6I7A6MZFT55PAUIVSRX6ZCOPPIP5 X-MailFrom: segaloco@protonmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: The death of general purpose computers, was - AIX moved into maintainance mode List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: From: segaloco via TUHS Reply-To: segaloco If that means I don't have the whole jumble of other problems I'd have with= owning a traditional smartphone, I can deal with actually turning it on an= d off with a full boot cycle. Frankly the "always on" kinda disturbs me, s= o just one more thing I get better control of. Not to drift the conversation too much though, towards the end of general p= urpose computing, I like that idea too because the particular single board = I have in mind (a RISC-V one I've got) also has a traditional HDMI port and= 4 USBs, and ethernet, so if I do it right, I have a mobile that I can also= plug in K&M and a monitor to and use at a desk. Society can pry my desk c= omputing from my cold, dead hands, I've never felt as productive using a co= mputing device in any other context. - Matt G. ------- Original Message ------- On Friday, January 20th, 2023 at 7:56 AM, Rich Morin wrote: > One of the problems that cell phones solve is providing (relatively) inst= ant-on capability. The RasPi processor doesn't have hardware support for th= is; dunno which others might... >=20 > -r >=20 > > On Jan 20, 2023, at 07:51, segaloco via TUHS tuhs@tuhs.org wrote: > >=20 > > To be completely honest, I'm considering just building myself a mobile = using a single board computer with a small external display. ...