Permacomputing
Permacomputing is both a concept and a community of practice oriented around issues of resilience and regenerativity in computer and network technology inspired by permaculture.
In a time where computing epitomizes industrial waste, permacomputing encourages the maximizing of hardware lifespans, minimizing energy use and focusing on the use of already available computational resources. We do this we want to find out how we can practice good relations with the Earth by learning from ecological systems to leverage and re-center existing technologies and practices. We are also interested in investigating what a permacomputing way of life could be, and what sort of transformative computational culture and aesthetics it could bring forward.
Create low-power systems that strengthens the biosphere and use the wide-area network sparingly. Minimize the use of artificial energy, fossil fuels and mineral resources. Don't create systems that obfuscate waste.
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Durability of smartphones: A technical analysis of reliability and repairability aspects
An excellent technical paper examining the durability of smartphones. There is much here to benefit preparedness, as much as those interested in repair in context of supply-chain failure-tolerance:
Unplanned Obsolescence: Hardware and Software After Collapse
Great paper looking at the challenges facing maintenance of computers and their parts in the absence of a functioning supply chain or means of producing computer SMDs and parts: