=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── wondering if anyone's ever made a computer that could only run programs written in interpreted languages. Like, no binaries allowed. Would probably be slower, but if my iphone is good enough for NASA to get to the moon then odds are it's good enough for me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/1634 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── hello I'd like a computer that has multiple CPUs, each with shared data and separate data. I feel like I could run a lot of cool tests on them, especially when not connected to the internet or running a proprietary operating system like not-BSD ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/1246 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-883 hehe if I don't understand how it works it's difficult for me to use things. My Linux friends get so exasperated with me because I'm like "cool script gimme like 2 days to figure it out" and they're like "bro just use these flags" and I'm like "no" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/5179 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── why don't corporations let you write code in whatever language you want? it's trivial to run a compiler or interpreter inside of another program. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/6106 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: wild-unhinged-absurd-thoughts-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ what if closed source computing is actually better? computer programs should be dumb ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #7 messages/181 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── I know you don't want to hear this, but there is a chance that there will come a time where your life depends on your ability to debug a computer without the internet. To set up an SSH server. To install Linux. To program in C. To do something else that I'm not prepared for... If StackOverflow didn't exist because network connectivity has been lost, could you remember syntax? Maybe it's a good idea to set up a local LLM that can answer basic questions about technology. Maybe it's a good idea to set up on your parents computer, just in case you have to hide out there for a couple months. Maybe it's a good idea to download wikipedia, just in case. If I need to use a mac, I'm screwed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4884 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── "okay but what if we made computers simple?" - someone who doesn't know how computers work ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/1723 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-1037 Lua with 0 based indexing would be the perfect language (okay maybe LuaJIT) (i try to hurt as few people as I can as little as I can but it's impossible to not hurt anyone) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 messages/278 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── "if we make this part of the program a compressed binary instead of plain text we could save on network costs by 5%" NO bad software developer, go back to Linux ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/4804 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── I love it when wine doesn't work because it "failed to open program.exe" ... okay, can you tell me why it failed? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #12 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/1233 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── low key kinda wish someone would kidnap me and lock me in a room with nothing but a c compiler and strict orders to only work on whatever I want ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/5961 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── @user-138 maybe it's evil hackers - idk that's beyond my expertise - good luck : ) (I'd need to see the piece of technology to work on it. I'm a hardware kinda [girl, but pronounced guy]) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/6437 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── if I was writing a programming language, I'd name it C just to fuck with people (great, now others can decide how it's known) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #16 fediverse/5880 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── I legitimately think computers should write code and software engineers should write legislation and lawyers should resolve problem tickets made by aggrieved citizens while judges do their best to just keep the boat floating ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/3602 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: computers-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @user-1572 nope I figure if I have to rebuild them, oh well. plus this way I can give each of my computers a slightly different personality. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3123 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── using linux requires constant maintenance and that's kind of unfair, actually. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/777 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── @user-192 Those are good points. The C in our hearts is elegant, but the C that runs on every computer in the world is spaghetti. I'm sure someone's made a language that's "C but simple" - Zig maybe? I looked into V a while back but got turned off of both of them because neither had support for multithreading, which is essential in the modern era. Also, typedefs for structs make me mad -.- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/4900 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── if you wanna trick systems administrators just put a bunch of sleeps in your code so your computer programs don't use up all the mainframe's resources all at once [statements dreamed up by the practically deranged] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ |