JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 年前If 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-square403fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 年前message-square403fedilink
minus-squaremacabrett@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up29·1 年前As a programmer, I’d just tell them “I configure contraptions to perform tasks for people”
minus-squareMoghul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 年前"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-down1·1 年前“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.”