JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoIf a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?message-squaremessage-square408fedilinkarrow-up1278arrow-down17
arrow-up1271arrow-down1message-squareIf a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square408fedilink
minus-squaremacabrett[they/them]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up29·8 months agoAs a programmer, I’d just tell them “I configure contraptions to perform tasks for people”
minus-squareMoghul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·8 months ago"Some other guys figured out how to trick rocks into doing stuff by putting lightning into them I just write to the rocks instructions for how to do some work. I get paid for doing that."
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months ago“You know how clockwork automatons work?” “No.” “Me neither.”
As a programmer, I’d just tell them “I configure contraptions to perform tasks for people”
Magic. Got it.
"Some other guys figured out how to trick rocks into doing stuff by putting lightning into them
I just write to the rocks instructions for how to do some work. I get paid for doing that."
“You know how clockwork automatons work?”
“No.”
“Me neither.”