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What folk can do

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by brudgers

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The readme on github answered my what-is-it?, https://github.com/FolkComputer/folk?tab=readme-ov-file#folk

by pmkary

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What I cannot understand is why they left Dynamicland and made it a product. (Which is against everything that Bret Victor stands for). And there is nothing mentioned anywhere.

by sph

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by angiolillo

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In addition to the github readme, there is an article with some photos and descriptions of the Folk Computer project: https://spikeartmagazine.com/articles/essay-emily-dickinson-...
Others have drawn the same connection to Dynamicland, but the article briefly mentions "Dynamicland, a project to which Folk owes much of its design and philosophy" and lists Omar Rizwan as one of the Folk Computer founders. Omar was on the Dynamicland staff ~2018-2020, see https://dynamicland.org/2023/People/
(Edit, it also looks like they have some presentations on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrXEtG3JILo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3kIzvCYWdE )

by dmd

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by yesfitz

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by finghin

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by grimgrin

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when I read "Instead of a phone/laptop/touchscreen/mouse/keyboard, your computational objects are physical objects in the real world, and you can program them inside the system itself" I do think of https://dynamicland.org/2024/FAQ/

by andsoitis

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This looks intriguing but would really really benefit from a getting started to help you setup the environment in physical space.

by DeathArrow

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