UniversalMonk
@UniversalMonk@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Founder of MSAFE: Mormon-Satanists Against Fascism and Exploitation. Kopimist. Socialist Anarchist. Debt-free. Alcohol-free. Drug-free. I’m a notorious Lemmy outlaw, known for my defiant stand against voting for the capitalist Duopoly! Peertube song: clip.place/w/5ahYEEQNzXdgg5qfscytT1
- Comment on Death of a Computer: How the Texas Instruments home computer, the 99/4A, died a horrible death 7 hours ago:
Here’s what the beauty looked like: Image
- Comment on In 2005, OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world — then it all went wrong 11 hours ago:
Yep, I went down the rabbit hole all day yesterday. Decided that we have better, cheaper alternatives by just buying and hacking an older laptop.
- Comment on In 2005, OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world — then it all went wrong 11 hours ago:
It really was a fantastic idea, always hoped it would catch on but alas, the Chromebook took over in education spaces thanks to subsidies from Google for the data collection.
Yep. I do wish they would revisit the whole “water-resistant, rubber/plastic thought as a tonka truck, drop resistant, hand crank to charge up” ideas though!
- Comment on In 2005, OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world — then it all went wrong 11 hours ago:
I feel all powerful. If I could only get the volume to work…
- Comment on In 2005, OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world — then it all went wrong 11 hours ago:
Working on that to see if I can get it to work.
- Comment on In 2005, OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world — then it all went wrong 1 day ago:
Oh, I’ll look that one up, because I’m not familiar with it. Thanks!
- Comment on In 2005, OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world — then it all went wrong 1 day ago:
Yeah, and I appreciate the goals it had, and even tho if failed, they tried. I am using mine and trying to figure out to post on Lemmy with it, but the browser is old and doesn’t do https sites, but if I can figure it out, I wanna use it for my lemmy machine. lol
- Comment on In 2005, OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world — then it all went wrong 1 day ago:
Oh, definitely giving it a watch. Thank you!
- Comment on In 2005, OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world — then it all went wrong 1 day ago:
Fun concept tho. Especially in 2005:
In late 2005, tech visionary and MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte pulled the cloth cover off a small green computer with a bright yellow crank. The device was the first working prototype for Negroponte’s new nonprofit One Laptop Per Child, dubbed “the green machine” or simply “the $100 laptop.”
The $100 laptop would have all the features of an ordinary computer but require so little electricity that a child could power it with a hand crank. It would be rugged enough for children to use anywhere, instead of being limited to schools.
A Linux-based operating system would give kids total access to the computer — OLPC had reportedly turned down an offer of free Mac OS X licenses from Steve Jobs.
- Comment on In 2005, OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world — then it all went wrong 1 day ago:
It just so happens I have one of the first ones from 2005. Fired it up as I read this article, and it still works: Image
- In 2005, OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world — then it all went wrongwww.theverge.com ↗Submitted 1 day ago to technology@lemmy.zip | 17 comments
