When my parents were born, computers were manufactured by secret research institutions funded by the military. When I was born, computers were made by a handful of large corporations, and the prices were exorbitant. When my son was born, open-source-hardware-based cheap computers the size of credit cards were being made by small independent teams funded by ordinary people via public-funding web sites. The #democratisation of #hardware has done much good to society.

But even after all these years, commercial #software manufacture is still an exclusive domain of specialist practitioners. More so, #programming language creation is practised only by the elite. Yet, there is an accelerated explosion of new languages. This hints at the general dismay amongst ordinary programmers with elite-designed languages. Perhaps it's time to democratise programming language design, at least as to myriad syntaxes within a single paradigmatic family that possesses the same semantic. For instance, C++, Java, and C# belong to one family; OCaml, F#, Reason, another family; Haskell, Idris, Asda, still another.

During compilation, the compiler transforms any syntax within one family into a standardised AST, and continues from there. And during programming, the IDE generates the programmer's preferred syntax from the AST, using syntax-directed code generation.

At its core, programming is all about the meaning of the programme, not the appearance thereof. So, let the programmers choose whatever syntax they fancy, or even let them design their own syntax. Perhaps, then, programming languages that cater to non-practitioners (doctors, lawyers, accountants, etc.), those not designed by, and for the elite, may emerge.

Le CAUCHEMAR des FINANCIERS ! 🫣 - CanardTube

https://canard.tube/w/noxW12EMjeQrisTdg5zsTY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PyGThVarD0

#Banques #Banque #Nationalisation #Démocratisation #Économie #Finance #Politique #Démocratie

Comment faire usage du #numérique de manière équitable pour des apprentissages à valeur ajoutée ? Alexandre Bazinet (CSSMI) continue sa discussion à propos du rapport EVA du CTREQ en compagnie de Laury Bédard. La première recommandation, particulièrement importante, qui sous-tend toutes les autres : la #démocratisation d’accès, d’éducation et de gouvernance.

Source : L'intention pédagogique
#podcast #ÉduQc
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ehvS4Z1dzLwTI3Xj92qak

Ina-Maria Jansson defends her PhD thesis in information studies "Förflutenhet för alla?: Digitalt deltagande som metod för demokratisk kulturarvsproduktion" at the Department of ALM, Uppsala University on June 10, 2023. Thesis (in Swedish) is available at https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?dswid=&pid=diva2%3A1748958 #participation #heritage #democratisation #heritagisation, #knowledgeorganization #informationinfrastructures

I am in bits after listening to this. If you are feeling there is no hope, that what you do doesn't matter, this will provide some necessary respite to carry on.

#hope #education #equity #democratisation #autism #neurodiversity

Check out this episode of Full Disclosure with James O'Brien on Global Player - https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/episodes/7DrfQkN/

"Postwar European education campaigns coded #Europe as both white and raceless, Christian and secular."

Emily #Marker draws from her work on the French #education system to discuss #race and #universalism: https://tocqueville21.com/books/authors-response-black-france-white-europe-emily-marker/

#book #whiteness #coloniality #meritocracy #feminisms #decoloniality #antiRacism #FRPol #academy #university #integration #colorblindness #democratisation #Europeanness
#livre #racialisation #decoloniale #antiracisme #blanchité #racismeSystémique #colonialité #méritocratie #lectureDécoloniale #islamogauchisme #France #décolonisation

RT @EklavyaMovement
Please take out your precious time and mark your presence on this empowering session.

Date: 27th January | Friday
Time: 6:00 PM
Venue : MPS Classroom, IIPS, Mumbai.

#highereducation
#democratisation
#leadership
#guestlecture

´#BLOOM was created over the last year by over 1,000 volunteer researchers in a project called BigScience, which was coordinated by AI startup Hugging Face using funding from the French government. It officially launched on July 12.´ #AI #democratisation https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/07/12/1055817/inside-a-radical-new-project-to-democratize-ai/

Everyone who is shocked or complaining about #ElonMusk's hypocritical and unethical use of power needs to wake up.

Plenty of us warned about making corporations custodians of our content and public discourse. This was bound to happen.

Will you now listen, and maybe stick #decentralization / #decentralisation and #democratization / #democratisation in your hashtags and daily priorities?

Why not throw in #p2p and #SafeNetwork too! 👍 #TwitterMigration

Everyone who is shocked or complaining about #ElonMusk's hypocritical and unethical use of power needs to wake up.

Plenty of us warned about making corporations custodians of our content and public discourse. This was bound to happen.

Will you now listen, and maybe stick #decentralization / #decentralisation and #democratization / #democratisation in your hashtags and daily priorities?

Why not throw in #p2p and #SafeNetwork too! 👍 #TwitterMigration

When I see #data (#worldcup #qatar) or centralised (#birdsite) control I’m reminded of AdHocRacy we proposed 20 yrs ago in: BlueStar, a privacy centric location aware system
#adhocracy: allows the storage of location-relevant information in such a way that it cannot be controlled or censored by a minority of individuals
* #information #democratisation
* data in a physical location without fixed storage #infrastructure
* tagging physical locations without #censorship.

http://shorturl.at/cJRY2

New book launches next week. How will we provide global equitable educational wellbeing? #edtech #universaldesign #equity #highered #highereducation #democratisation #socialjustice #onlinelearning #university #universities #leadership #innovation #disruption #strategy #learning #lifelonglearning #lifelonglearner #wellbeing

She got it right. I see the potential benefits of #CryptoCurrencies, I obviously value #decentralisation and no one in their right mind would object to #democratisation. But I don't think that the road we're currently going down actually leads to those benefits.

In fact, with the takeover of #FTX, we're headed towards an even more #monopolised industry.
Https://blog.mollywhite.net/is-web3-bullshit/

A short #introduction from me...

I am an environmental social scientist based in the #UK interested on understanding processes of change - and inertia - in #energy systems. Currently working on:

#Publicengagement in energy system change and #climate

The interaction between the key energy system trends of #decarbonisation #decentralisation #digitalisation and #democratisation

Energy system transformation, #politics and a #justtransition

#sustainability #innovation #transformation

RT @MarineCornelis: 💡 Looking very much forward to @Enlit_Europe event at the end of the month!

🎯 I’ll be chairing the #democratisation session “Energy Communities - Enabling #energy #efficiency” on 30 November from 10 am

➡️ https://www.enlit-europe.com/programme/hub-sessions/democratisation-hub?&filters.STREAM=session-energy-communities-enabling-energy-efficiency

🔗 https://www.enlit-europe.com/about/our-purpose/heat-or-eat-a-pr…

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/euenergyweek/status/1587721858744549376

RT @educateurequit
"La philosophie n'est enseignée qu'en Terminale des lycées généraux et technologiques ms pas professionnels ce qui exclut de fait une gde partie des enfants de classes populaires qui n'ont même pas droit à cette petite année de Terminale" #philosophie #éducation #democratisation https://twitter.com/cafepedagogique/status/1552158298337591297

@alcinnz, rather.

#renewableEnergy, rather

I'd also add #goldMining #toxicWaste #labourAbuses #environmentalAbuses (related to #gold)

Also #democratisation #fiatWoes #moneyPrinting #neofeudalism #bankerHegemony #marketManipulation #sharePrices #stockMarket #takingTheWorldPrivate

Peace to you, friend.