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Awesome, genuinely novel -- really interested to see where this goes:

A primary design principle at Dynamicland is that all running code must be visible, physically printed on paper. Thus whenever a program is running, its source code is right there for anybody to see and modify. Likewise the operating system itself is implemented as pages of code, and members of the community constantly modify and improve it.

That said, the pages of code physically in Dynamicland are not in a git repository. The community organizes code spatially — laying it out on tables and walls, storing it in folders, binders, and bookshelves.

https://dynamicland.org/faq/



I'm reminded of an old bash.org quote:

    <erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_.
    it responds to ping, it works completely,
    I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.


perhaps I'm missing something, but wouldn't large-scale adoption like they're projecting be really hard on the environment?

Dynamicland introduces a 1:1, persistent mapping between virtual and tangible. won't this kill a lot of trees?


Yeah I noticed this as well. It will work well as an integration into existing spaces, or some built specifically for this reason (as mentioned on the website).

The space and resource requirements definitely stifle it for ubiquitous application but hey, it's an early tech and it'll certainly improve in time.




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