=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── "the flows of magic are whimsical today" nah babe you're just a dryad from the popular video game Warcraft Three who couldn't have known that computers exist ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/1718 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── dear old people - did you know computers don't need to have buttons? You can literally just type what you want to make happen (if you know the magic spell) and it'll just, do that thing how cool is that ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 messages/1376 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Did you know there were wands in World of Warcraft? I betcha didn't. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #3 fediverse/1951 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-1112 back in the day playing a magic game with someone felt like an event now it's something to wait through while your burrito cooks ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/1069 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── there was a time, when a university was tantamount to heresy ======================= stack overflow ===================== Magic Survival is the witchiest game I know of. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 messages/483 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── "hey listen! Do this thing to hurt me! Build the infrastructure to do it so that you can use it on people who deserve it!" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2881 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── "never lose your totem" I only lose things when in motion. at rest I know where everything is. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/3927 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── okay but why has nobody ever approached AI from a game design perspective like seriously there should be researchers who are multidisciplined in this kind of thing ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/1648 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── "oh no my stuff touchers are casting a spell on my keyboard without my knowledge, how peculiar" said no-one in particular ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 messages/740 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── had a dream that we gamified all work and then put them into one single mega-game so whenever you wanted you could work on an arbitrary project and it would spin up a new game and take your inputs and use them to accomplish whatever was happening ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/6233 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-definitely-cursed │ └──────────────────────────────┘ the moment games started using mocap was the moment computers began to empathize with units dying ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘ --- #11 fediverse/3097 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── naturally occurring computers would never produce wires, or liquid cooling, or anything that ever required any sort of configuration or external environmental conditions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/4109 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: AI-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ the internet is just AI these days, and if yours isn't then consider yourself lucky, but also know that those days are numbered. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse_boost/4174 --- ◀─╔═══════════════════════[BOOST]═════════════════════════───────────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ the belief that the world consists of discrete 'objects', rather than regarding it as an undifferentiated field of matter to which we can attach various framings, is a widespread mental limitation │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #14 fediverse/4443 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── I once made Webfishing, but World of Warcraft instead of fishing. Not to split the party or anything hehe ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5442 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── @user-1839 the trick is to just make it and point people toward it as if it's supposed to be there. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/4884 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── "okay but what if we made computers simple?" - someone who doesn't know how computers work ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4901 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── "hey what if we broke our product and made it impossible to use without being caught by github" - computer touchers in a union ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3516 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── waking up in a cold sweat to the hallucinated sound of a World of Warcraft battleground queue popping... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/1416 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── @user-979 @user-980 they do it for power. power corrupts, and these profane desires they possess are the definition of evil. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/65 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── if something makes sense physically, but not mathematically, then the mathematics are wrong. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────┘ |