Design and engineering polymath Rasmus Andersson joins Mark and Adam to talk about his new project, Playbit. Play as a means of discovery and learning; virtualization as an underexploited technology for making safe playspaces for programming; and whether macOS will still exist in ten years.

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Rasmus Andersson @rsms
Playbit
What counts as a weed?
maskros flowers
“write access to your entire worldview”
Jason Yuan on fidgitability
Virginia Postrel on work vs play
Rust
Roadster in space
foam roll
“Adamisms” e.g. make it real
Hobo
Go, Go by Example
slow hunch
malleable software
xorg.conf
convention over configuration
macOS notarization woes
Chrome OS
sandboxing
GPU
time-sharing
write once, run anywhere
macOS virtualization, Hyper-V, KVM
Linux namespaces
Ruby gem: bundle
root user
An app can be a home-cooked meal
Replit
Dreams
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
Macromedia Director
demoscene, BBS culture
MOD trackers
Gameboy DJ performance
Raspberry Pi
flip displays
teenage engineering
Alfazeta flipdots vendor

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