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-> file: messages/184 ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── [Image: 20240202_170901.jpg] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/894 ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── a code editor that only highlights the lines that have been specifically flagged to have a certain function. Like, rendering, or sound, or GUI, or data storage, or logic, or control flow. then, when the user is browsing, they can say "only show me these types of functions" with a very advanced filter mechanism. The editor would highlight the ones that were relevant and related, as according to user-defined flags that were set when writing it originally. In this way, by using a bit more syntax, even if it's literally just blocks of [category] labels (like how """ or ``` often starts or ends a comment block) highlighting with colors is great, but what if we de-emphasized the stuff that didn't matter? by increasing the opacity more closely aligning the font color to the background color, we could make a bit of text seem to "fade" from perspective, while still readable the user's eyes would not be drawn to it. Then, according to the labels marked as filtered, certain text would be bold, highlighted, o ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/895 ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── most video game ideas suck most of the time they're like "oh what if we had a racoon who found a magic hat and saved the world from sentient apple blossoms" that's not a game idea, that's a painting a game is mechanics, and you can use the aesthetic to justify the mechanics, but not generally the other way around. the art isn't bad, but the art isn't the game. a game idea is "what if tic-tac-toe had an extra square in the center" or "what if chess was played with checkers, to hide your moves from your opponent" there have been thousands of super mario bros. if games were designed as an API, we could use whatever visuals we wanted, and those could be copyrighted and sold if you really want. but mechanics are the basis for everything they are built on, so doesn't it make sense to separate the two? abstracting the logic such that two complementary functions are accomplished, [see code editor idea], more flavors of game could be produced. rulesets can be switched in and out too, as an API is just an engin ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/896 ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-economy │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ the purpose of an economy is to improve the lives of it's participants. │ ║ │ ║ why else would an ancient city trade for fabric or rare spices? to fashion soft │ ║ clothes, and make flavorful food. │ ║ │ ║ my, that gold sure looks pretty in the sunlight. how about you give some of me │ ║ that, and I'll make you something pretty? │ ║ │ ║ hmmm something something arbitrage once you corner the market on gold then you │ ║ can use that infinitely moldable and easily sculptable metal that shines and │ ║ glitters with a unique color not seen in the manes of plants and animals as the │ ║ definition of value. in doing so, you could exchange bits of it (measured by │ ║ weight, as it's infinitely moldable) for arbitrary goods and services. But of │ ║ course, once the market is cornered, it's unlikely to get un-cornered, and well │ ║ a cornered market holder holds much appeal for the powerful. │ ║ │ ║ hey, that guy's pretty strong. why don't we make him our leader? people seem to │ ║ look up to him, and dang his muscles are cool. what a great guy, nobody's ever │ ║ said a │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/897 ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: what │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-78 would you like to hear a recipe for steamed eggs? they're my favorite ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/898 ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ if you set up a local LLM with the capability to explain basic coding syntax and logic, then your parents computer suddenly becomes much more useful to the nephew that's been forced to hide out there for a couple weeks until this all blows over. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/899 ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ frankly I'm just excited to see what humanity does with the endlessly │ ║ calculated and stored blockchains. Like, that's a good set of pseudo-random │ ║ data, I wonder if we could build something off of it that wasn't exclusively │ ║ money? like, a necklace, I dunno. │ ║ │ ║ or like, a numbers station x2, where each message is accompanied with a │ ║ pre-calculated destination somewhere on this endless and │ ║ impossible-to-understand string of data. and that part is what seeds the next │ ║ code. once you start reading, certain numbers would be "flags" while others │ ║ would be "data" and they'd each have the same size on the hardware. that way, │ ║ they're impossible to predict. │ ║ │ ║ ah, but wouldn't it be noticable that certain results seem to appear next to │ ║ one another? well, isn't that just cryptology? Could probably be defeated if │ ║ you had an AI advanced enough, just saying. something that sorted through │ ║ massive mounds of data and gave you results in garbled or broken english. what │ ║ a wonderful tool, that's wonderfully mis-abused, perhaps in the fu │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ |