Isaia Mabellini (known as Sarenco), "Poetical Licence", 1971.

https://fondazioneimagomundi.org/en/artista/sarenco-2/

> Finally, an open hardware printer you can actually understand, repair, and upgrade

https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/openprinter/updates/on-the-road-to-launch

#OpenHardware #OpenPrinter #NoDRM

#generativeArt #glitch #unexpected #doodle

#Unexpected #GenerativeArt

> A lot of people have treated free software as a kind of naturally occurring resource, something that spontaneously happens in nature rather than as a product of directed human effort. Maintaining software takes work, and that work is done by people

> There is, unfortunately, a great deal of entitlement from those who are happy to take the gift of free software but are unwilling to take on the burden of looking after the ecosystem that sustains it. A surprising number of people expect that software built by volunteers in their spare time, given away for free, should somehow achieve levels of perfection that even highly profitable private companies struggle to attain.

> It is time to renegotiate the terms of this one-sided deal. The individuals giving away the fruits of their labour owe us nothing more. It is enough that we have received this tremendous boon, this vast array of high-quality software that is available free of charge. But if we want them to continue doing it, they will need to be supported in concrete, material ways.

https://pivotnine.com/blog/open-source-has-too-many-parasocial-relationships/

by @daedalus

Code complexity as a function of years of experience.

Courtesy of https://x.com/flaviocopes/status/1580227345612689408