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    A Turing complete user
    ▻http://hroy.eu/posts/im-a-turing-complete-user

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    I like to consider myself a Turing complete user. This is a concept I discovered in a fascinating essay written by Olia Lialina on the concept of users in computing, and the trend best embodied by Apple to destroy users and all they stand for.

    I guess on of the reasons I liked the article is that I totally recognise myself in this concept of Turing complete user. But I also find a little bit sad that this is not a widespread species.

    “A scientist of the Future” Title picture of Vanevar Bush’s “As we make think” from Life magazine, 1945

    But I can’t believe it’s going to stay that way indefinitely. Eventually maybe people are going to stop putting up with how bad their computers respond to them and start doing something about it. Maybe Jan-Christoph1 should start a series: “I hate (...)

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      Turing Complete User
      ►http://contemporary-home-computing.org/turing-complete-user

      the denial of the word “user” in favor of “people” becomes dangerous. Being a User is the last reminder that there is, whether visible or not, a computer, a programmed system you use. (...)

      I would like to apply the concept of General Purpose Technology to users by flipping the discourse around and redirecting attention from technology to the user that was formed through three decades of adjusting general purpose technology to their needs: The General Purpose User.

      General Purpose Users can write an article in their e-mail client, layout their business card in Excel and shave in front of a web cam. They can also find a way to publish photos online without flickr, tweet without twitter, like without facebook, make a black frame around pictures without instagram, remove a black frame from an instagram picture and even wake up at 7:00 without a “wake up at 7:00” app.

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