i forgot i wrote a paper about this for a class in college

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"The program should, in some way, expand the concept of what computer paint programs are, as well as what mark making can be."
the usual Arduino use of C++ is funny because the near-absence of heap allocation basically makes it look like Java -- no *s to be seen
realized i strongly associate rainbow palette with (non-CS) science and engineering visualizations and not with 'data visualization' culture https://mk.absturztau.be/notes/a6br8jrnzyhm00u1
i wonder if old pre-internet videophone systems actually felt different from modern video chat -- i could imagine them having way less latency because they could have a dedicated circuit connection and dedicated hardware on both sides, instead of webcam + OS + packet-switched internet that has tons of possible delays
Banana as free variable https://mastodon.online/@danielgibert/114275398786738404
was talking with people about structured concurrency a few weeks ago, and it does feel like an underrated part of making a responsive / concurrent 'OS' is the ability to *cancel* those concurrent tasks
honestly i think "Vintage Computer Festival" is a good name in how it doesn't attempt the pretense of history that you see in, like, "Computer History Museum", it's very honest that it's about appreciating old "vintage" products and not about history in a rigorous/academic/high-culture sense
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