honestly i think half the reason i stick around in software is that it's the closest thing to magic that incontrovertibly exists and is a thing mortals can do
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@KitRedgrave this is true of all writing, not just writing code
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@Lady @KitRedgrave Humans are far more tempermental and inconsistent than computers.
And, importantly, more autonomous. The power that is in the sorcery of programming for computers also exists in writing for humans, yes, but you can't cut as loose and free letting that sort of power play out over humans. It's not ethical.
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@gaditb @KitRedgrave i think we disagree in what programming is doing and who it is for
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@gaditb @KitRedgrave programs have no meaning outside of the meaning ascribed to them by human society, human processes, and human culture. the sorcery of programming is sorcery with humans as its explicit target
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@gaditb @KitRedgrave (faster / with greater accuracy / with higher resolution / displaced through time and space / …)
(but none of those modifications change the fundamental nature of the spell)
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@gaditb @KitRedgrave computers are tools for resolving spells faster than a human could resolve them on their own. but it's humans casting spells for humans regardless of whether it is tool-assisted or not