I've found very few tech tutorials which teach you to get out from under a mess. It's all golden path scenarios, maybe that's why there's such a massive gap between learning and practice.
@Ashrand@jalcine That's one of the big conundrums of free software. Marketing. Who is going to do it? Who is going to pay for it? Marketing is one thing that I don't know is possible to do effectively in the traditional grassroots style of free software projects.
@jalcine Yes, system76 and purism are expensive. I think they would love to bring their prices down but don't have that economy of scale yet. Lowering their prices to more competitive levels would likely put them out if existence. Hopefully over time they gain popularity and get more affordable.
Mycroft is actually more promising in this respect. The cost is more on par with the competitors and they also make it possible to run on your own hardware like a raspberry pi.
While you're waiting for the #strangeloop 2018 videos to become available, why not watch my talk from last year. Summary: learning Rust could help you become a better programmer no matter what language you program in https://youtu.be/oIikwmeGVYY
Enjoyed @tripofmice talk "Mapping Imaginary Cities" about procedurally generated cities. Also added things to my reading list, including Infinite City by Rebecca Solnit #strangeloop conference
Some great points from @kjam@twitter.com on algorithmic fairness is, and will continue to be, legislated and needs to be taken seriously by data scientists & engineers. Statistical Parity and other fairness metrics should be considered on top of ROC curves, R^2 etc. #strangeloop