=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-1037 It's likely it could have been an artist's mock-up - like a UX designer and an animator sat down and said "let's make a cool design" and that's what they came up with. Designers do that all the time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/1070 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-777 when they told the designers to design for that, shortly before they were warned by the designers about how bad of an idea it was and shortly after they stopped listening when engineering said "well yes it's possible, but..." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 messages/968 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── what if you painted every house twice, to ensure you got the color completely applied [ bright green or yellow would shine through in little spots, clear and obvious to even the most undiscerning of patrons of the arts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ --- #3 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3180 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── I love skywriting. it's so cool to see your words fade into dust after being seen by everyone around. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/5186 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── IF AI generates slop AND AI steals artists works THEN artists produce slop OR AI steals artists work, not works ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5402 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── @user-1773 that point about HTML is soooooo good like, we could be designing websites like we design video game UIs but instead we use React which fills your browser with insecure-by-design javascript generated visuals or, even better, or just use HTML like a config file ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #7 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/1266 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: weed - ama │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-907 how does the music sound? want me to help you setup a visualizer? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/3514 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-579 maybe if you pitch it to them with a presentation and offer to set up the infrastructure they would give you extra credit or an award or maybe just brownie points ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #10 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/52 --- ═════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────── @user-54 @user-55 @user-56 I disagree with this. I shamelessly promote my website because I want to share art, not because I want to make money. You literally can't pay me. I have no ads. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/6278 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────── @user-1429 do something fun and hard like walk to seattle or install linux on a toaster or write happy notes on post-its and leave them in public places or make art and leave it in a public place or~ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘ --- #13 fediverse/5185 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── frankly it makes a ton of sense to me that computer programmers would have a game playing in the monitor. Gotta keep those brains active after all. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/612 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Look all I'm saying is if I had an acolyte or two then my insane ramblings could be filtered and parsed by a real actual human instead of being copied wholesale onto the internet, where the inconsequential or inconceivable ones are left to rest alongside the gifts of knowledge from another realm. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/2475 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── If you want to design a society, first learn how to build a decentralized scalable multiprocessor computer program. It could literally flip bits, the point is to practice architecture not accomplish a goal. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/1001 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: cursed-curséd-scary-not-real-u-dont-have-to-read │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-246 @user-473 perhaps that "light touch on reality" is what makes these pieces of art resonate with me. I think you're beautiful and have a good heart. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/3650 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── anything with layers is an open-faced sandwich or a pizza in disguise rawr ex dee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/4108 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── what if you could make multiple mastodon accounts in the UI and sort your followers into bins that corresponded to which account you wanted to see and switch between with the push of a button ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ |