=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── @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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/1608 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/3988 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── being "good at video games" does not mean "are you good at beating the game" being "good at video games" means "can you make the experience enjoyable for other players by using your character in an expressive and dynamic way" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/4072 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── I like games that test my reflexes I also like games that test my wit but most of all I like games that test my patience with strategy ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/5552 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── I once heard that when you click a link, the developer of the website can tell which website you came from. idk if that's true or not. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/4474 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── @user-1268 if you know how to program in C this is a good resource for building networking applications: https://beej.us/guide/bgnet/ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/3299 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── what if we could record and playback certain timeframes of our CPU and RAM status and use it for debug purposes like running some code in a VM every time you wanted to show a youtube video ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/5670 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── applied intuition combined with well developed imagination is a dangerous tool to behold. useful, but dangerous. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #9 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/6179 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── what if instead of javascript cookies we only let websites access one single location in memory which was allocated client-side and is unique to each website? that way they couldn't track you between sites, since they wouldn't be able to see any other website's "biscuits" get it because they're healthier than cookies All they would be able to store would be data, though I guess they could store bytecode instructions or something if they really wanted to. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘ --- #11 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/2775 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1355 maybe a good place to start is by re-examining Waterfall design with a critical modern perspective? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/1610 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-1040 that's by design so they don't hop over to Linux ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 messages/488 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── Look at the unique patterns in a programming language, and you will find within them a usecase. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #16 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/3574 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1564 I love the concept of this! Maybe if HTTP is too complex, you could try another simpler server? I don't know the complexity of the programs I use every day, but I'm sure there's one that's very simple. Even just a simple IRC style chat server that just... sends text from person A to person B depending on their username (like a glorified Router or Switch) Reminded of this video tbh...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGfTjKwLQxY ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/2622 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── what kind of linux user are you if you don't even like reading terminal output? it's USEFUL and INTERESTING information! WHY ELSE WOULD THE PROGRAMMER OUTPUT IT??? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/5109 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── does anyone know of a website where I can host videos on my neocities that isn't youtube? maybe something I can set up on my own server computer at home like a file server or something? how do I do that, what should I google, which is the easiest and closest to the metal tools I can use? [practical, sensible, courageous. these are the adjectives we need.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/4097 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── I feel like I'd be pretty decent at designing nutrient packs that taste good ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ |