@emilymbender@dair-community.social
2026-09-21 20:43 UTC
But please pause for a moment and think about what metaphors "unleash" rests on. What do we put leashes on? (Mostly dogs) Why do we keep dogs on leashes? (To keep them from running off and hurting themselves, other animals, or people.)
So when you talk about "unleashing" a software system, what properties does that framing attribute to the system?
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@tmw@ioc.exchange 2026-09-22 13:33
@emilymbender@dair-community.social i've been thinking about "harness" recently, and i'm trying to think of what to replace it with that also captures the ridiculousness of allowing a text extruder's output to be executed as computer commands, often without any confirmation. my only ideas so far are cringe so i'll withhold them