Post #3514044

2026-06-11 10:17 UTC

@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place @Igigog@mastodon.gamedev.place Looking at other peoples code/word assemblies is like looking at the night sky. The only emotion I feel there is curiosity and awe. Looking at machine generated codes/words, I get either bored or confused. Producing code/words myself is always bound to the emotion of total immersion, sacrificing my perception of time. Now... replace code/words with art. Context still applies.

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@Igigog@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-06-11 10:23

@Amorpheus@kind.social @djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place I feel like only experiencing curiosity when looking at art is not the standard experience. I sure feel a whole range of emotions.

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@bob_zim@infosec.exchange 2026-06-11 16:58

@Amorpheus@kind.social @djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place @Igigog@mastodon.gamedev.place I see code like any other complex system. It can be purely functional, or it can be the product of craft and care. Consider mechanical watches. A Seagull movement (used in low-end counterfeit watches) and a Patek Philippe movement do basically the same thing: limit the discharge rate of energy in a spring to X ticks per second, then use fixed gear ratios between ticks, seconds, minutes, hours, and maybe days or weeks. Spend some time understanding the Patek Philippe and you can see evidence of the care in both the design and the assembly. It’s clearly artful in ways which the Seagull isn’t.

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