I wonder if even the Adams brothers fully understand Dwarf Fortress at this point or if they are more like techpriests, not fully sure how their artifact works but knowing that if you remove that one piece the entire thing will explode
@coriander bet it's like a really complicated guitar lick where you can just feel how it works in your gut but if anyone asks you to explain you're just like uhhh… notes
@Lady I've heard that even conversations among two people incredibly steeped in music theory lore eventually turn into "So like -plays a lick- y'know?" "Yeah, yeah, like -variation on that lick-" "Yeah"
@coriander basically the thing with computer people is that they map code into vibes and feelings because that's how the human memory system works, but there isn't actually any reasonable way to do that with code so everybody winds up doing it differently, and as a consequence they're all fucking weirdos who can't get along
@Lady Probably why the only person who helps Tarn with DF is his fuckin brother
@coriander oh yeah like the absolute worst kind of programmer is the hobbiest programmer who only ever works on their own code because they have this whole rich inner life and world and methodology which nobody else fucking understands
i'm sure people Could Learn how to contribute to DF but i'm also sure it would be a huge lift equivalent to joining a new religion lol
@Lady That's probably p accurate yeah