#Do programmers have feelings?

[tapakah0]

[high-voltage-rat]

Aequillibria as what seems to be a debugging algorithm or antivirus is honestly really fascinating to me ngl. especially given that it's seemingly the source, or at least distributor, of all mana and thus all life on lore.

When it said "assessing the state of the shell" it obviously meant Lore, or perhaps the universe/reality at large. but a shell in the context of computers is the part of the system that allows other things (programs and users) to access the operating system.

So how I understand it, mana is the operating system. the universe is the shell. Every individual on Lore is a program (or user) that is accessing and modifying the system via that shell.

In a bunch of quests during the Maleurous questline, we ended up doing text-based adventures where the entire game briefly became a command line interface, which is one of the ways a shell can be presented, the other being a graphical user interface. If we think about the idea of the universe being a shell, reality as we typically know it would be a GUI. That we briefly entered a CLI at multiple points makes me think there was some next-level reality-bending taking place that will probably have even more relevance than it already seems.

I'm mainly just thinking some rather sad thoughts about the ways that this could wind up being a "it was all a dream"-level bit where the events of dragonfable, the entire Reset, only really happen as a simulation on the computers of The Mage. After all, how is a computer actually supposed to reboot the entire universe? The closest it can get is creating a bunch of programs so sophisticated that they simulate the people they were meant to be all the way down to believing they're alive.

Then again, it could also all just be one big fourth wall reference- acknowledging that this universe takes place in- is- a computer game. That seems pretty in-line with the AE style of things.

[o-uncle-newt]

Hi! I hope you're doing well and having a lovely holiday season :)

Sorry if you've already talked about this before, I haven't been following you for a long time - but what do you think of the other series of JFSP apart from series 9?

Personally I love them to bits, I have listened to every episode more than 30 times and they're probably one of my favourite things in the whole world. I just love the humour, the characters, the situations - it feels very safe, no mean spirited jokes, very comforting. The sketches feels very autistic-coded to me as an autistic person, much like Martin from Cabin Pressure - some of the sketches are things I doubt a neurotypical person would notice or comment on from the angle he chooses. Like the geek sketch and the 'friend I'm in the mood for' sketch from series 5.

What are your thoughts on these series?

Thank you for asking, that’s an awesome question!

The basic answer is that I am, of course, a big fan. That said, I’d say that as much as I overall enjoy sketch comedy, I do tend to find it hit or miss; and while JFSP has a higher hit rate than most, and plenty of sketches are fantastic*, it definitely doesn’t get there ALL the time.

*Notable faves- Spooktacular, seashells, reincarnation/past lives, “Stop Saying G’nus,” tricyclist… there are loads and loads more, just off the top of my head! Not to mention the excellent ones you already cited…

The functional difference for me ends up being that while I don’t think there’s a 100% hit rate on Cabin Pressure or Double Acts either, I know that if I pick one episode that I like I will enjoy myself for a full half hour. Because I’m less familiar with a given episode of JFSP given how many there have been and how many sketches are in an episode, I don’t have that same sense of instant “ahhh” from turning on an episode of JFSP* as I would from the other two shows, where a lot of my emotions about it come from knowing it like the back of my hand.

*Major exception- S7E6. A perfect episode of sketch comedy that I can listen to literally whenever. No notes.

This isn’t to say that I don’t really enjoy JFSP! I just wish I could pick off a menu of sketches, not simply because I like some better than others but because I like the feeling of “oooh this” on demand that I get from turning on a favorite half hour episode. I will say- I find JFSP to be PERFECT for things like dental procedures and car trips, where I might be in the chair for anywhere from five minutes to two hours and can just turn on a bunch of sequential episodes for as long as I need. But it doesn’t necessarily have the same immediate impact for me as the episodes I love of the other shows.

That said- some of the best things JF ever wrote are Since You Asked Me sketches. I want them pumped into my veins.

[aeolianblues]

I'm not an extrovert. At all. In everyday life, I'm a yapper, sure, but I need someone to first assure me I am okay to yap, so I don't start conversations, even when I really want to join in sometimes! It's just the social anxiety acting up. God knows where from and why I lose a lot of my inhibitions when it comes to talking to people about music. I don't know where the confidence has suddenly sprung from. I've made a crazy amount of friends in musical circles, either just talking to people about common music or (since it is after all in music circles) talking to bands about their own music. I let out a sigh of relief any time an interaction goes well, because in truth it's going against my every instinct. I wish I could do that in everyday life

[aceoffangirls]

Being in a english speaking country that is not the UK or USA can be weird because majority of the time I use like the UK spelling and pronunciation but every now and then I use American Spelling...

[orcelito]

Oh yeah yesterday I went to my C programming professor's office hours to ask about what's being covered in class tomorrow. Since I can't go bc of my PT appointment overlapping with it & I'm apparently the kind of student that cares about attending every single class now.

While I was there, I ended up chatting with him about a few things, including my current standing in the class. He asked what I got on the midterm exam, & I answered it was an 87, and he told me I was one of the top 5 or 6 scores in the Whole Class (this being a like. Maybe 70 or so person class). Top score was a 92 or 93 (idr lol) & the class average was a 72. Apparently there were a few of us in the upper 80s/lower 90s, but most people got 70s or lower. And once he does the curve on the exam, he said I'd probably end up with a 97 or so on the exam. So yay!!!

And then he told me how he's noticed how I come to class every day and am really active with taking notes and answering questions. Bc I also sit up front all the time lmao. Hadn't even realized how much of a damned teacher's pet I've been being, but I've been Trying to be a good student this year. But he said I was the type of student that if I got an 88% or smth in the class, he'd likely bump me up to a 90% so I'd get an A lol. But he also said so long as I keep up with how I have been, I could possibly get a 100% in the class by the end (bc I've been there for all the extra credit questions in class and whatever).

And just. I went there bc I wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything important in class on Wednesday, and I ended up having my ego stroked for Real. Felt good to have my efforts be recognized.

[theprocfilesystem]

I don't actually know from sure but I was on a video call with our new IT manager dude and he was showing me a chatgpt transcript (and narrating the whole thing like I couldn't just. read it) and look I could be wrong but it sure looked like he had a history entry where he was trying to find out about the GDPR compliance of a product we use. from chatgpt

[vampirejuno]

Just solved extremely aggravating and challenging (for my beginner ass) coding problem in the absolute stupidest way possible. So mad I can't even put it into words

[trickarrows-bishop]

So we know you play DND, are there any DND podcasts you listen too?

(High Rollers has been rapidly bouncing between making me wheeze in laughter and ripping my heart out)

i acc dont HELPPP

[junk-culture]

"do i want to do art as a career or a hobby" life's most difficult question that plagues me every second of every day to be Honest

[syncrovoid-presents]

I am. Not dead. BUT will be gone for a like a day or few because the stuff at work did not! want! to! work!

Which I'd another way of saying that I finally was able to get free after working 34 consecutive hours in a row. The day prior I got 1 hour of sleep and that is all after 5 days of 10 or 11 hour work days.

I am so sleepy. I am taking tomorrow off and probably going to sleep right through it. Anywho cheers everyone!! I am going to go to the shadow realm now @:P

[avatar-of-the-web]

also i need a place to vent that people will actually see that aren't people i know why did VENT have to die

[victim9d]

I am very insane ab tate when hes older actually

[krawdad]

Yeah you know what I'm the right kind of weirdo to seriously consider sitting down and trying to figure out how to achieve a convincing mechanical puppet sculpture automaton thing, but with weights and springs or whatever.

[damnesdelamer]

Please read the critique of the Gotha program

You heard anon everyone!Marx & Engels' Critique of the Gotha Programme

[goofyjelly]

if no one gets me I know Human!Spock gets me AMMIRITE-