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Moses Izumi
@Moses Izumi

A man whose mind is a haze of swedish punk rock, fantasies about musclegirls, unhinged wordplay and strong opinions on portable electronics.
(and slightly less stubborn views on software).

Never written a line of code beyond dabbling in ZScript (ZDoom language) and some basic HTML: still respected by BSD enthusiasts (@[email protected], @[email protected]) and operating system reformists (@[email protected], @[email protected]) alike.

(hikari's been trying to use Wine as the main environment of a Linux system, while hipsterelectron's been looking into secure microkernels)

Read my webpage if you wanna know more:
moses-izumi.neocities.org
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Profile picture is Ishikawa from Ghost in the Shell (the 1995 movie).

Banner is from a collage I did of Noah Izumi from the Moblie Police Patlabor series.
https://fe.disroot.org/notice/B3kS7d2BeERz3WC5Wi
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As of 27 April 2026 I only repost/quote posts that I've replied to.
I don't wish to have a profile full of reruns, but I still see the value in signal-boosting the work of others.
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permacomputing is the natural conclusion of the retrocomputing and free software cultures.

The snakeoil salesmen powering the "generative AI" industry can only thrive in a world where OS vendors don't ship software development toolchains as part of the base install.

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Recent Notes

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Just published my first draft for an article about my thoughts on Ed Zitron:
https://moses-izumi.neocities.org/Zitron_RC1

tldr: his podcasts are good, his newsletter is alright, his free articles are repetitive mush

I like the ending well enough, but part of me still sees him as a bit neglectful for not touching upon the ideological motives behind the LLM mania.

Will probably add it to the homepage after another set of revisions: even if I'd rather write about something else (probably a DIY project).

shoutout to @nprofile1q... , for writing the article that I mentioned to make my point:
https://tante.cc/2026/04/21/ai-as-a-fascist-artifact/

(maybe @nprofile1q... can chime in too)

#noai
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tante · 1w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq7pg673z50hm0jxz7anunl3dhw9tdx8vekrtla7sr06ultr8n3a9q42y6zh nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq974we3s2xsaysd6g3m9826ssg5zts74tschu82jv8pl3pny0kwdq02xmzc he doesn't make an ideological argument because he is very tech positive...
bpl · 2w
I believe that the only manifest we need is "Have fun of using the Internet". nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq7pg673z50hm0jxz7anunl3dhw9tdx8vekrtla7sr06ultr8n3a9q42y6zh
bpl · 9w
I am wondering what Linux will be if it will not get as much interest as currently, let's say, its market share will stay at 1-2% and there will be no "year of desktop linux".
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@bpl @nprofile1q...
I don't see mass Linux adoption happening, unless some relevant hardware vendor has the guts to replace Windows with an approachable Wine environment: to account for all the Win32 software, and people who just don't like the Linux software packaging situation.

If you ask me, it's only a matter of time before @nprofile1q...'s Loss32 comes out and some system integrator (i.e iBuyPower) or B-list laptop vendor (Medion, Eurocom) decides to preload it on their systems just to save money on OS licensing.
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bpl · 9w
I do not think that mass Linux adoption will ever occur. But if it will, it rather will not be a sudden event, but "organic" change. Having compatiblity layer might change situation for home users, but (non-IT) companies will rather not switch to Linux due to unclear OS support (except for IBM-relat...
Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: · 14w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq7pg673z50hm0jxz7anunl3dhw9tdx8vekrtla7sr06ultr8n3a9q42y6zh nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqdtny22cr7dyk0k955uax9ahrsw0fkkq6wvp3r46se3u42g4vq8cs6c9grc AMD missed the opportunity to call the AMD Athlon64 X2 processors biathl...