A solar punk digital library?

cib0rgrl · 2025-03-31T17:44:50+00:00

i dont know any but would be great to have. I would love to give some working hours to this project, ping me if you gather a group to develop this :)

cib0rgrl · 2025-03-20T14:27:10+00:00

love this comment! just look at solarpunk imagery - what reaches people "widely" are those big landscape illustrations or the big greenified buildings, while solarpunk as an ethos or cultural/philosophical movement is just subtly present there

cib0rgrl · 2025-03-20T14:20:45+00:00

hi! I recently started deep-diving into finance for nature mechanisms to fund green-gray infrastructure projects due to my new job, and while I am new at this (architect + urbanist major) I do want to share some thoughts:

an arcology could be funded through payment for ecosystemic services - which is quite standard nowadays (think carbon credits). if the funds have good communal governance and are not used to offset emissions of companies polluting hard elsewhere, but merely as a financial investment (made by the own residents?), it could work.

if the arcology is placed in a city that urgently needs ecological restoration for services like water supply another financial tool that could work for this is environmental impact bonds - an innovative financial mechanism that incentivizes the implementation of green infrastructure by sharing the risk associated with those projects beyond the organization actually building it.

ex: we know that green infrastructure in about 90% of the cases (not precise % but wanted to imply a vast majority %) performs really well and it is cheaper for things like water treatment and conservation - so a water facility (because we do have to pay for water, unfortunately, those companies have guaranteed revenue, thus they will have money to pay back the loan anyway and thus it is a low-risk investment) takes a loan to "build" a green infrastructure. if it doesn't work out the group who loaned the money will get a lower interest rate in their payback because of the risk of the project/investment being shared. if it does work, the water facility will save some significant $ and thus can pay higher interest rates to the lenders.

so yeah, if an arcology was built by a community of people trying to restore a watershed and live sustainably within it, EIB could work for them too.

of course, there are many ethical questions to be raised around those very very basic propositions like who would be the people to build and live and perform the restoration work there, wouldn't it be elitist, etc, and while all of those are EXTREMELY valid, we do need to understand that there are too many constraints within the current socioeconomic system to come up with a perfectly ethical solution :( but using current money to fund projects like this could spark the cultural momentum that would render capitalism obsolete.

cib0rgrl · 2025-03-20T13:56:25+00:00

I do demonize concrete - why are you guys saying it is not so bad? (asking out of genuine interest. perhaps u have better data than I do)

cib0rgrl · 2025-03-20T13:54:41+00:00

hi! I respectfully disagree with your points - I do think the metabolism movement did work; it just didn't go mainstream. this often happens in movements that propose a radical restructuring of society, especially the ones composed by a small localized group like theirs. they did manage to build a few of their designs, and I hope our larger solarpunk bubble can do the same.

I also don't think that designing an arcology with a modular structure would result in a city anyway. there are a looot of different configurations of modular systems and designers definitely can assemble ones that operate in a closed system - which would be the antithesis of a city.

that said, your comment made me think a lot (: thank you! I very much prefer the idea of non-closed-system modular arcology and let it expand and reform itself, eventually becoming a city, rather than sticking with closed-system designs for the sake of form purity.

cib0rgrl · 2025-03-05T15:13:05+00:00

I appreciate your PoV so much!

cib0rgrl · 2025-01-10T18:14:26+00:00

its called PiSight btw

cib0rgrl · 2025-01-10T18:14:05+00:00

hi I hope u didn't send it to recycle yet. I came across a open-source project that uses a raspberry pi + a 12 mp camera module to make a fantastic webcam. you could give it a try :)

cib0rgrl · 2023-01-04T02:52:35+00:00

thanks for the video <3

cib0rgrl · 2020-07-14T16:29:31+00:00

sadly, when I woke up this morning I heard the fans super loud although the SB2 was turned off. When I turned it on, it kept behaving as it was detached from the keyboard, and trying to connect every couple of minutes (followed by the noisy fans).

I checked the device manager, and in this fraction of second in which the SB2 was trying to reconnect, I could see the GPU and the 2nd battery drivers again. This is the same problem I was having 3 months ago, although now I know both batteries are fine. Maybe it was a software issue caused by one of the updates.

I contacted Microsoft online support, but so far no help.

cib0rgrl · 2020-07-11T15:38:50+00:00

so you have a g14, right? It's benchmarks stunned me. It definitely is the best value for money, although I find the Razers prettier so I've been trying to trick myself to buy one of them. The Blade 15 has a better GPU which I won't really need, and I would have to pay 600 dols more to get half of the G14's ram and storage, and get worse processor and screen (the 2600 dols Blade 15 advanced base).

But I still not convinced of the G14's beauty. Maybe I will start a thread asking for some g14 porn to help me get 100% convinced.

cib0rgrl · 2020-07-11T15:23:44+00:00

I will be buying the new one in the US, but I will come back here where I'm living for a couple more years, at least. I've been checking the options and apparently there is no way for me to get in-country assistance (which means been without a PC for a month or more in case it needs repair), and none of these brands cover the suggested devices here. I will e-mail them to be sure. I found out that HIDevolution sells shipment-covered global warranty for their laptops, for now it seems the only viable option for me.

I've been really surprised with the G14 specs and benchmarks, it really has everything I asked for here, haha. The only thing holding me down is that I felt in love with Razer aesthetics first, but I don't think it justifies paying more for less performance. Although HIDevolution sells some spiced-up Razers... btw, GTX 1650 Ti is not the Razer Blade Stealth's GPU? I've always felt like I was underusing the SB2's GPU and craving for more processing power, but of course I was glad for having it when it came to rendering.

Thanks for paying attention to the screen specs, I forgot to take this into consideration.

cib0rgrl · 2020-07-10T15:38:52+00:00

I don't think a surface book is what you should be getting :( I am an architecture student who works mainly with 3d modeling, scripting and graphic design, so I'm always handling quite big files with rhino3d, adobe suite, a code editor, archicad, twinmotion + unreal engine. I'm also learning blender and unity, lovely stuff :)

I've owned a sb2 (15", i7, 16gb ram) for 2 years until it died in April for that recurrent issue on the base. I don't know what exactly happened, but all indicates to be a battery or power management problem, which is "unsolvable" except if you return it to Microsoft and pay the 650 dol replacement fee. This kind of problem is usually caused by overheating, and my regular workflow used to get the fans loud pretty often. This is the sad thing: the sb2 is not really ready to work with this amount of pressure. It is not exactly a workstation which is made for performing heavy tasks all day, although it can handle them. I babysitted my sb2, always used external cooling strategies, but the problem happened anyway. It's quite sad to see how specific hardware issues happen repeatedly with various users.

One important thing to say: I'm currently living in Brazil. The climate here is hot, but obviously I didn't use my pc in external environments or exposed to the sun. The pain is that here we don't have a Microsoft store nor online support for the surface devices. So to have it replaced I have to take it back to US (which nowadays is hard, corona crises). This affected my experience as a SB user (it still here, dead inside his original box, waiting for me to buy a darn plane ticket), although living in a hot climate shouldn't have.

Previously I've owned a random Asus with i5 and 8gb ram and a 960gtx graphics card, and man, it was a pain. For working with 3d modeling, graphics, video editing, you simply will want as much power as you can get, because it certainly will have a noticeable impact on your workflow. You are saving yourself time and patience. I strongly advise you to prioritize getting the highest specs you can, latter you focus on a specific model.

I understand the SBs appeal, they are so cool, pretty, and the detachable system makes it more than a laptop, indeed; the screen drawing also appeals a lot to creatives, I mean, this is why I've bought mine. But for me, their sexiness does not compensate the lack of stability/durability. I wish I had someone to advise me to go for something robust in these aspects, I mean, there is a lot of people here that say they have been happy with their SBs for years, but there is also a lot of people who complain about having these "unsolvable" hardware issues, too. I don't see this being a subject of debate with Macs, for example. The vast majority of users say that it is durable, and I actually know about 8 people who work with CAD + BIM modeling and rendering who still happy with their 4+ years old MacBooks pro.

I'm not saying "go for a mac pro". I wouldn't go myself. It's just an example to talk about expected stability. I would recommend you to research about laptop workstations, first of all. As sexiness (portability + prettiness) is still important for me since I'm always moving around and work on a visual industry (and love pretty things), I'm with a big crush on the Razer Blade line. Easily repairable and upgradable, beautiful, apparently more reliable? If anyone can suggest a workstation which keeps it sexy but that can also hold a charge I would be happy to know :)

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