Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs is often called “the wizard book.” Not because Abelson et al believed computers were actually magic but rather because there’s a wizard on the cover and they compare the act of programming to spellcasting, giving instructions to the allegorical beings that live in the hardware. It certainly feels like magic.

The take on the left doesn’t understand reality, and the take in the middle doesn’t understand fun. The take on the right is trying to have fun but is spoken by someone who understands the take in the middle is the literal truth. If the person with the take on the right actually believes computers are magic then they’re actually on the left no matter how much they work with computers.

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The two things that are “worse” are that it uses inside out tracking and WiFi 7 for streaming from a pc instead of using base stations and a tether cable. The displays and optics are both straight upgrades and honestly having used a quest 3 I think the inside out tracking and wireless connection are really important for room scale QOL. I imagine the tradeoffs for ease of setup and portability are probably worth it. You’re probably losing sub millimeter precision and a couple milliseconds of latency at most. The unit also weighs like half as much as the Index, and neck strain is real.

tl;Dr yes but also no, it depends who you ask

i was scared for a moment that that would be a screenshot of my profile

Edit: with added context, ew, I rescind my self deprecating joke. i don’t hate myself enough to compare myself to that

damn perhaps we should do something about the underlying socioeconomic problems that cause homelessness and antisocial behavior. No? just shuffle them around some more? oh, okay.

I believe your faith is misplaced but I appreciate your kind words all the same

boba deez

Science can be a bummer sometimes

i kinda suck tbqh

Definitely tell them. You would want someone to tell you.

If I got isekaid I’d go Connecticut Yankee on their ass. Yes, I am insufferable. No, I will not be changing. Your fantasy world will be industrialized. I am the evil wizard. I cast steam engine.

you know what? you’re right, I really shouldn’t be browsing Lemmy at work

He can’t play PoE2 either

Dear Lord, please grant me this level of pettiness and the presence of mind to wield that pettiness only against those who deserve it. Amen.

Interestingly I fill the same niche here as I did in the IRL BH ward, which is checking in voluntarily for personal reasons and realizing that I am fairly sane, comparatively speaking, and probably could have saved a lot of money by just taking a vacation before I burned out.

please donate to “teaching cats to read.” Every day, thousands of our four legged friends take unnecessary tumbles that could be avoided if they could understand human signs. Join us in creating a world free of feline slip-and-fall injuries. And also a world where Garfield finally learns “who that’s for”

I like that idea, it’s very human.

Love the detail of the toothpick breaking under the strain

Toast is great. I wish I knew who first had the thought to cook bread twice. Did they want more crust? Were they trying to make bread last longer? What was their favorite kind of bread? Did they come up with putting butter on it or was that an innovation from a second, even more brilliant mind? I have so many questions to ask them, I hope the afterlife is real