@maxoakland they had to stop somewhere. The C64 was already more advanced on that front than any other personal computer. I do think it's unfortunate we didn't get new capabilities in the 128. It's basically the same graphics as the 64. And, the 80-column mode was not usable for games (except a rogue-like, maybe, or maybe for an information display for the game on the 40-column display, since you could have both at once).
@hipsterelectron@clayote@shoofle@mtrc also merriam-webster dot com doesn't have a definition for "sinophobia" which I found out just now because I wanted to double check the spelling since I'm talking to smart people, and merriam-webster dot com not having a definition for "sinophobia" is absolutely sinophobic and honestly a lot more immediately problematic
@hipsterelectron@clayote@shoofle@mtrc "this john guy seems racist" was the other main conclusion I came away with, though for my own happiness I decided to assume the unfortunate framing was a clumsy attempt to at a setup for the second part to wherein he is circumstantially illiterate and a structured set of rules processed without requiring his understanding does not empower him to understand the text, but the thought experiment doesn't improve anything and makes him seem sinophobic
@aeva@clayote@shoofle@mtrc related possibility might be a similar construction of time-based "feeding" input, but with some sort of not-too-complex transformation that makes it possible to produce predictable output if you can guess the relationship. it would be cool to try to "feel" the response of the machine and to grasp the way it "understands" my input by intuition
@aeva@clayote@shoofle@mtrc i consider the chinese room experiment to be quite literally racist in that it assumes a human being does not learn chinese in the act of translating it by rote. i think the language was chosen precisely to obscure this basic fact. it makes the circular assumption that a human can somehow ever be made to act like a turing machine. possibly the most ridiculous and unserious thing which is taught in "AI" courses.
@hipsterelectron@clayote@shoofle@mtrc fuck i'm having art thoughts now. what if I made a patch in mollytime where you have to "feed" it periodically, and if you do it plays beautiful music, and if you don't the music wilts into something horrific as it self destructs. can I make a simple synthesizer patch that is capable of suffering for our entertainment? it would be art AND an artist!
after a suggestion (which you can read here https://kolektiva.social/@tiotasram/115417432543641175) i've decided to make torches craftable via a fantasy plant (flamereeds, a sort of cattail with an oily/sappy case around flammable cottony inside) combined with sticksalso put the hint indicator at the top of the screen to show block names when you target them#EniBlockGame #GameDev #IndieDev
ok lets just do a poll i guess. please see the images here and in the following post https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@eniko/115293072359182706which do you prefer, new new style, new style, or old style?#EniBlockGame