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by Kuinox 113 days ago
Permaculture is the art of picking words that sounds logical and smart, make studies with n=1 to determine what is better, erect rules to follow based on that, and the communities that group around that. This is the same thing for computers.
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No, it's not. It's Permanent Agriculture. Designing and growing sustainable food producing ecosystems.
Permaculture is a contraction of permanent culture.
No, it's not. It's Permanent Agriculture. It's a farming methodology.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/permaculture

> Blend of permanent +‎ agriculture, coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in 1978.