Post #1621344
2026-03-11 09:47 UTC
@eltonfc and for some verbs imperative makes no sense to me at all.
Surely, when I click "rename file" the actual command is "present me with an input field to enter a new name"? I'm the one doing the renaming. The stupid piece of metal is just logging my actions to the best of its ability.
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@mattdm@hachyderm.io 2026-03-11 11:07
@virtulis @eltonfc To me: "Rename file [to a name I will provide]." I wonder how much this has to do with growing up with command-line interfaces vs graphical ones.
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@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz 2026-03-11 11:49
@virtulis > I'm the one doing the renaming You're *requesting* that it be renamed. If the silicon wafer doesn't make the right electrons flip about, that name isn't going to change, whatever you might have to say about it. This is true if you issue the instruction in assembly, or even pure binary. It's an invocation to a nonhuman agent system, not an action (although typing in the binary is an action). @eltonfc