JackGreenEarthtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish·7 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-squarearrow-up1278arrow-down17message-square407fedilink
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?JackGreenEarthtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish·7 months agomessage-square407fedilink
minus-squaremacabrett[they/them]arrow-up29arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilinkAs a programmer, I’d just tell them “I configure contraptions to perform tasks for people”
minus-squareMoghularrow-up19arrow-down0·7 months agolinkfedilink"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-squaremindbleacharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agolinkfedilink“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.”