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  • SF Permacomputing Club

  • You don't need to be a software engineer to join! We welcome anyone who would like to come and share ideas :)

    To quote the wiki:

    Permacomputing can take many forms, and every context and situation is different, but even without a one-size-fits-all solution, we can share knowledge and resources that could be useful.

    For someone, getting started with permacomputing may be:

    • helping a school to work with recycled computers
    • learning how to repair and replace components in computing hardware
    • discussing the use and impact of smartphones in the household, or data centers in the workplace
    • working with local farms and collectives to develop low energy weather prediction
    • researching how to provide less resource-intensive tools and systems for their lab or workspace
    • getting involved with initiatives to create energy efficient and accessible local libraries of information
    • engaging with politics and policy making to advance tech and enviromental regulation in their institution, town, or region
    • helping artists interested to engage with ecological topics using tools and media in line with this intention
    • writing their own FORTH for a chip reclaimed from e-waste

    https://permacomputing.net/permacomputing/

  • Left Urbanism @lemmy.ml
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    The housing shortage made many boomers rich. Here’s why they might dismantle the system anyhow

    www.thestar.com /news/insight/boomers-are-often-the-winners-from-the-housing-shortage-heres-why-they-might-dismantle-the-system-anyhow/article_1a4bbd68-3c92-45e7-a1fb-5c95d1cf08fc.html

  • Apple to Introduce Search Ads in Maps as Services Revenue Grows

  • Organic Maps and Sidekick Pro

    What is Sidekick Pro?

  • Synchi - Two-way file sync

  • I love the concept for this. Syncthing is pretty good but it is annoying to have it running all the time on Android.

    I'd love to use something like this to sync my Obsidian md files between computer and phone just when needed. I suspect this could be baked into to an Obsidian plugin to make it pretty seemless for folks.

  • San Francisco @lemmy.world
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    The Bay Area Considers the Unthinkable: Life Without BART

    www.nytimes.com /2026/03/10/us/bart-bay-area-san-francisco-transit.html
  • New York City @lemmy.ml
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    My Grueling Quest To Buy A Switch 2 By Riding Citi Bikes

    aftermath.site /switch-2-citibike-bike-angels-farming/
  • Left Urbanism @lemmy.ml
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    Curbed’s archive of urban reporting goes dark

    www.archpaper.com /2026/02/curbed-archive-urban-reporting-goes-dark/
  • Videos @lemmy.ml
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    welcome to the new economy (it's worse than you think)

  • Videos @lemmy.ml
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    You are being misled about renewable energy technology.

  • California @lemmy.world
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    San Francisco Congressional Candidate Forum (CA-11)

  • United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml
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    Thousands of Student Loan Borrowers Could See Wages Garnished in Just Days

    www.newsweek.com /thousands-of-student-loan-borrowers-could-see-wages-garnished-in-just-days-11317190

  • Searching for eBook reader solution

  • Speaking of laptops. I've been kicking around this idea for almost a year now. I wanna make a tool that takes ebay listings for ThinkPads and basically shows them on a table that's super easy to filter and includes benchmark scores. Kinda like what lab gopher used to be. Lots of people want a good deal on ThinkPads but ebay search for them can be rough because of the fuzzy search. Like if I just want the best deal on a Thinkpad from the past 3 years that's not easy to search for on ebay. Main thing stopping me is ebay API requires an application and I'm sure they block scrapers to some extent.

  • Searching for eBook reader solution

  • F-droid is working great. Hard to say this vs a linux setup. It's not super lightweight but more than a laptop for sure if that matters for you. The 14 inch one seems pretty monster so at that point maybe a laptop is worth it.

  • Searching for eBook reader solution

  • So I've gotten to use the tablet a bit now and I would say it's fine. I might expect a bit more for $170 but because it's so big I can excuse it. Um, it's a little laggy, um, just out of the box. It doesn't have much bloatware, maybe two or three manufacturer apps, but not like Candy Crush and all that junk. My very basic research tells me it's not rootable. I'm really not sure if there is actually a special technology to the screen or it's just like a matte screen protector but I sat in the park in full sunlight and was able to read a book perfectly well not quite as good as a paperwhite but pretty close so overall it's decent and the pen works pretty well for writing and drawing. Compared to how much an iPad costs, I think the quality is fairly close.

  • Left Urbanism @lemmy.ml
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    San Francisco Food Lawsuit, Bogotá Transport Politics, and Corporate Rent Hikes

    urbanismnow.substack.com /p/47-san-francisco-food-lawsuit-bogota
  • Neurodivergence @beehaw.org
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    Anyone use Tiimo or similar apps?

  • United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml
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    San Francisco Sues Ultraprocessed Food Companies

    www.nytimes.com /2025/12/02/us/san-francisco-ultraprocessed-food-lawsuit.html

  • A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

  • This, and because there's no number it's easier for them to not have KYC.

  • General Programming Discussion @lemmy.ml
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    The Rise and Rise of FastAPI (mini documentary)

  • Python @programming.dev
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    The Rise and Rise of FastAPI (mini documentary)

  • A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

  • You don't even need a zipcode if you use https://silent.link/ then you can pay with whatever crypto and have an esim where the balance never expires and it works in most of the world. I've used it a few months and it's pretty good if you don't need a phone number.

  • Searching for eBook reader solution

  • Do you have it setup to sync highlights/annotations? how does that work for you?

  • Searching for eBook reader solution

  • Searching for eBook reader solution

  • Searching for eBook reader solution

  • Does the pocketbook app/device let you annotate books? It seems quite interesting but not generally available in the US. Read era does look interesting though.

  • Signal Secure Backups now available on iOS

  • I posted the nitter link because it's where they're announcing iOS is available. The blog post you referred to is older and just says iOS support coming soon.

  • Pirate Transit, Tiny Parks, and Pay-As-You-Go Solar Systems

  • Appreciate the positive feedback! If you have any cool stories to share that you think would fit please send them my way!

  • Why all the free-stuff Facebook groups you’re part of just changed their name

  • Obviously, I am not a lawyer, but I believe that part of having a trademark is that you have to defend it and show that it's just yours. So I don't think having a trademark and then just saying everyone can use it would really work.

  • Influencing the real world with OpenStreetMap, StreetComplete and MapComplete - a victory for the cycling association

  • This Plastic Mr. Fantastic

  • In the US the whole idea of owning a house as your "nest egg" that keeps growing forever in a way that you can retire with is so toxic. And then there's also the retirement funds demanding huge returns on real estate.

  • Port87, My Alternative to Gmail

  • Really impressive to roll your own mail servers and clients! Do you use AI much to help with development?

  • Port87, My Alternative to Gmail

  • Looks pretty great and I applaud the efforts. We need more services like this in the space! Pricing is hard but purelymail.com pricing really makes sense and works for me. You pay based on how much you use it and it lets you add unlimited domains. I'm sure it's not a great fit for everyone but for light users the pricing is wonderful. If you come up with something similar I'd try your service.