2026-09-16 11:25 UTC
when i was at university, i became alienated from a lot of the people in my computer science degree because of their outlook. i saw Computer as a way to explore, to inspect, to interact and play with data, to learn, to build and experiment freely. these people instead wanted computer to automate, calculate, and to prove an answer, like 'true' or '3291.03'. no interaction, no human in the loop, no joystick, no screen, no richness of colors or sounds or questions or inspiration or expression
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@jk@mastodon.social 2026-09-16 11:27
they would talk about "computer in your shoe". it would collect data and put it to some purpose, it would optimize your shoe. we could put computers into everything, that seemed like their strategy, to optimize everything. you wouldn't need to explore or experiment or hypothesize, the computer would grind through the data (from your shoe) and optimize it. it'd be hidden away, making everything work somehow, in the walls, in your shoe