Tech went wrong when it stopped labeling stuff as wizards

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

Tech went wrong when it stopped labeling stuff as wizards

[lumi@snug.moe]

@eniko the wizard is installing your fedi server

[sabik@rants.au]

@lumi @eniko
why is it always wizard i want an install bard or install rogue or install barbarian

[lumi@snug.moe]

@sabik @eniko all genders are valid

[hjvt@hachyderm.io]

@sabik @lumi @eniko install wizard, uninstall rogue

[hardpenguin13@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@eniko Fox Wizard will now install your tail

[jerry@decentralis.social]

@sabik @lumi @eniko

install bard = limewire
install rouge = malware
install barbarian = Those 1001 games CDs they used to make

[sabrina@fedi01.unicornsparkle.club]

@eniko I made a commit yesterday with the message, "Sync settings is now a wizard. Magical!"

I'm doing my part!

[leberschnitzel@existiert.ch]

@sabik with install barbarian I just imagine a gigantic person slamming an extra drive into my PC and hammering it in, with the software pre-installed...

@lumi @eniko

[sol_hsa@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@jerry @sabik @lumi @eniko
rogue = webreaper

[nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social]

@sabik @lumi @eniko We get those. Install bard is when there's a big fanfare about an update. Everyone does that a little. Install rogue is when something is quietly snuck in and we don't even find out about it later. A lot of corporations are getting good at that. And install barbarian is what Microsoft does...

[0@corteximplant.com]

@sabik @lumi @eniko trust this mouse, you do not want an install barbarian

[dalias@hachyderm.io]

@eniko I was in the wizard hating camp. Give me a complete form view where I can see in advance all the options before I get into sunk cost.

[gwenthefops@transfem.social]

@0@corteximplant.com @sabik@rants.au @lumi@snug.moe @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place install barbarian: overwrites all binaries in your system with the one being installed, so that this way you will use the new program to open the desired file type (and also every other file type)

[curtmack@floss.social]

@sabik @lumi @eniko with an install rogue you have to navigate the dungeon of your computer to install the product, fighting monsters (viruses, bloated cache files, etc.) along the way

[drsbaitso@infosec.exchange]

@eniko When was the last time the guru meditated, anyway?

[grawity@social.treehouse.systems]

@sabik @lumi @eniko some old GNOME apps used to have a first-launch "Setup Druid" or "Configuration Druid"

http://ftp.iij.ad.jp/pub/linux/centos-vault/3.9/docs/html/rh-cs-en-3/s1-netfs-nfsdruid.html

https://code.gnucash.org/website/docs/v1.8/C/gnucash-guide/basics_interface1.html

(I don't have a direct screenshot of the one I've seen myself unfortunately, so here's one from old manuals)

[maypop_neocities@wetdry.world]

@eniko perhaps we should come up with even more fantasy-based tech terms and it'll make everything even better. for example, we could call long-lived background processes "daemons." or something. nah that's dumb.

[maypop_neocities@wetdry.world]

@jerry @sabik @lumi @eniko they made 1,001 games CDs? how did they fit all the games on the CD?

[maypop_neocities@wetdry.world]

@eniko calling the network "ether" would be a pretty good fantasy thing. like a sort of ether net.