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1. Kartik Agaram (akkartik@merveilles.town)'s status on Saturday, 02-Apr-2022 18:50:31 UTC Kartik Agaram

   Is "situated software"[1, 2] just another rationalization for tweaking our text editors, ricing our desktops, etc.?

   [1] https://www.gwern.net/docs/technology/2004-03-30-shirky-situatedsoftware.html

   [2] https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app

   • νδπ (ndpi@merveilles.town)'s status on Saturday, 02-Apr-2022 18:50:30 UTC νδπ

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     @akkartik you’ve really kicked the Merveilles hornet’s nest here 😂 sorry about the dog pile!

   • Kartik Agaram (akkartik@merveilles.town)'s status on Saturday, 02-Apr-2022 18:50:37 UTC Kartik Agaram

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     • amazigh 🌚 🌱
     • Devine Lu Linvega
     • νδπ
     • michiel
     • Joseph Nuthalapati :fbx:
     • clarity flowers

     @ndpi @michiel @njoseph @amirouche @neauoire @clarity I _really_ appreciate all of you engaging with my self-doubt :pilin: Obviously I mostly agree with you all. Here, questioning assumptions has shed a lot of light. I'll summarize what I've learned in a few hours.

   • Colby Russell (colby@kosmos.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-May-2022 00:32:12 UTC Colby Russell

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     • Geoffrey Litt

     @akkartik relevant tweet from @geoffreylitt on Twitter:

     "I often worry that I want customizable software because it's fun, and this is dangerous if we're deluded into thinking we're making useful things."

     <https://twitter.com/geoffreylitt/status/1262771128394809345>

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