diff --git a/txt/.dwarf.swp b/txt/.dwarf.swp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f1ad0d7 Binary files /dev/null and b/txt/.dwarf.swp differ diff --git a/txt/dwarf b/txt/dwarf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3d95fa0 --- /dev/null +++ b/txt/dwarf @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +simulation, chapter 1, contingencies + +chapter 1 is not a written as a text, but as a simulation. +coding contingencies is a dwarf-fortress-ish take on how different characters got to code. +so instead of writing my bio that begins like "ah, i always approached things from the other side, probably because for us* this everything is new" and then continue on how i got into coding from the arts (not a real developer!), and into codings as a job (not a real artist!), and bla bla. + +but here we are doing a simulation, a software fortress, also known as computer. +(context: dwarf fortress is a roguelike game that lets you explore incredibly detailed and rich simulations) (there are funny videos about it, the most famous is a bug report about dead cats in a tavern because of simulated alcohol on their paws that they were ingesting while cleaning themselves) + +so back again +chapter 1 is not written as a text, but as a simulation. + + +software contingencies +the simulation + +first we need things to simulate: + +- actors +- programming languages +- use cases + +the simplest simulation + +aha how do we define actors? + +it reminds me of this OOO statement: +objects sink into themselves + +that is an effective and graphical way to describe technical reference pages, or auto generated API specs, with nested nested nested layers of list. + +to avoid that +let's define actors not for what they are but for what they do +(that is fun bc then i wrote grandma, that means functional grandma, that means not someone that has grandchildren but someone that does grandparent functions ??? ok this is not fun anymore and i am sorry) + +- actors + - web designer + - interaction designer + - graphic designer + - musician + - teacher + - student + - grandma + +- programming languages + - javascript + - python + - vvvv + - pure data + - haskelz + - rust + +- use cases + - research + - work + - art + - fun + - activism + +then we need to combine thigs from the three categories + +00 web designer, rust, activism +01 teacher, haskel, work +02 grandma, rust, fun +03 interaction designer, vvvv, art +04 musician, pure data, work +05 musician, python, research +06 student, python, art +07 student, javascript, work +08 student, javascript, fun +09 graphic designer, haskel, research + +side note +NOT is the series on theory in italian by NERO +their first pubblication was Capitalist Realism, Mark Fisher and it was a declaration of intents. +at some point every first is a declaration of intents. +but is that so also in random generated series? + + +