=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-635 is that where everyone's sitting in a coffee shop with the most detached expression on their face because they're focused on their computers and not on the social experience around them? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/1870 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── why would I want other people using my computer? They don't know how to use my computer! They might break something or mess something up or automatically read/edit my files that are stored in standard locations through the usage of a script which automagically scans and ransomwares machines on the internet who store their files in specific standardized locations! no thank you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/3094 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── computers are gonna be so confused when they find out that people don't talk to each other the way they talk to computers ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #3 messages/758 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── what if we got a bunch of computer programmers in a room and all had them write the same program, line by line. Like, if they each contributed to the discussion about what should be placed next. "I wrote a for loop that does what we're looking for on line 43 through 69" and then someone else says "nice" and everyone's like "oh you" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┘ --- #4 messages/1230 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── The machine cult is just when everyone's job is building and maintaining the computer. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #5 fediverse/517 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 @user-366 @user-367 @user-353 My classes only briefly touched on 2nd wave feminism, because apparently 1st and 3rd were more important. I haven't gone back and re-examined it because I'm too busy learning about computers - alas! that there should be more hours in the day? I wonder what I would then be able to say, here in this moment, should I have been prepared with more moments in solitude or classroom, studying the work of those who came before me. Oh well, I should probably focus on processor architecture or Java frameworks or whatever I'm assigned next. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5247 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── the hardest problem in computer science is figuring out why users do what they do. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘ --- #7 messages/139 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Layoffs are the perfect opportunity for a bunch of people who worked with the same tech stack to sit down and think "what could we make together?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 messages/1076 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── [picture] now that's what I call motivated [a computer made this? no, I did, reflecting off of it's beautiful statistical form] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #9 fediverse/3919 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ that feeling when your computers are just fucked and it's like... whatever, computers are fucked, I don't give a fuck ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/1389 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── my mom used to always say "the computer will always do exactly what you tell it to" and I've since learned that "the computer's obedience is why you make backups" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/581 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-428 sometimes I think about how much more productive I'd be if I had a code editor that let me draw arrows and smiley faces and such alongside the code. Or if I could position things strangely, like two functions side-by-side with boxes drawn around them. Or diagrams or flowcharts or graphs or... something that would output to raw txt format, but would present itself as an image that could be edited. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/4657 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── turns out brains really are that simple. there's just, a lot of social technology built up which could be forgotten if everyone lost their memories at once. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/5374 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── @user-138 me neither... guess it's in-person for me. [a mysterious "they" then proceeds to set up microphones everywhere I might go] ah nuts why are all these people carrying phones around [they already know who I am, and I don't really want to be someone else, so] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/1810 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── some people hear words like "datastructures" and "object-oriented programming" and think they're made up terms that don't mean anything important. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/498 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Wikipedia would make a lot more sense to me if they included pictures next to the names of every proper noun so that my pictorally oriented primate brain might pattern match meaning onto the visual understandings gleaned from the perceptual conceiving which were arrayed within and alongside the textual information presented to me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/4296 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── @user-1655 why don't we just weaponize email and send json to each other that ends up parsed, interpreted, and presented on the end-user's computer using whatever client we want? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/5714 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── games are fun, but the most fun are on the internet. why is that? wish we could have automatic geophysical location LANs. one house to the other, passing along information if it's recognized and categorized according to port number (you can just add arbitrary extensions, like +2 digits for the expansion.) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #18 messages/940 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── *perfect*, we solved computation - just become a computer! easy! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/4898 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ the last time we tried communism in any meaningful capacity, we drowned in paperwork. we have computers now. we can automate it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/4084 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: -mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1074 the more you try, the more you have to calculate, which is a problem, because endlessly recursive calculations create infinite loops, which frankly are impossible to compute because they defy computation! Not good, not ideal, no thank you, not for me, no thanks, not what I'd like. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ |