# Lies, Caffeinated Lies, and Operating Systems - Host: [ribbonfarm.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/ribbonfarm.com/) - Saved: January 25, 2017 (2017-01-25T12:58:25Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/95432438e052/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/95432438e052.json ## What Jamie wrote Computer science is not about computers. It’s about computation, a much wider subject. Creating abstractions, essential representations of things, be they objects, processes, ideas, and manipulating those representations. Manipulating these representations and letting their movements inform and power the outside world. These representations are organized in the computer, but there’s no law saying they have to be. The organizational principles and structures are more fundamental, and can be applied to anything. A cafe, perhaps? ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [There are bots. Look around.](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c920cb16bab9/) (ribbonfarm.com, June 2, 2017) - [CEOs Don’t Steer](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d68cec1b0c8d/) (ribbonfarm.com, November 24, 2017) - [A Text Renaissance](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/331a65df1e91/) (ribbonfarm.com, February 26, 2020) - [Thoughts on XMTP](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/80a69567e1be/) (ribbonfarm.com, February 5, 2024) ## Saved the same week - [SemanticScribunto/README.md at master · SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticScribunto](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/10dedea38bec/) (github.com, January 23, 2017) - [Looking Back, Looking Ahead—2017 Edition - The Omni Group](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/90408778b4ff/) (omnigroup.com, January 24, 2017) - [Broadband competitor US Internet to expand into southwest Minneapolis | Star Tribune](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/433afb366d26/) (startribune.com, January 24, 2017) - [Indie Microblogging: owning your short-form writing by Manton Reece — Kickstarter](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/8c73d718196c/) (kickstarter.com, January 25, 2017) - [Donald Trump Won Because of Facebook](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6c810ffb326c/) (nymag.com, January 25, 2017) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/01/24/lies-caffeinated-lies-and-operating-systems/