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"It's weird seeing it all opened up," Schanice said, hands on her hips. "It's really easy to take computers for granted. They're just things that work. You sort of forget they're... full of so many weird things."
"It's not any different from a body," Alieka said, peering over Oxi's shoulder. "We take our bodies for granted. Until they perform incorrectly."
"Well you're both wrong," Oxi said, a chittering grumble in his throat. "A computer's like a soul. Literally because it stores data in aurora the same as a soul does. And yeah sure the circuits are like the body's organs that help moderate the auroral flow but it's the aurora that holds the data and this? This is a data problem."
"Oh," Schanice said. "Well, for a computer, you can just buy a new heart. I don't know--can we buy new--data? How do we do that?"
Oxi twisted his head all the way around to smile up at Schanice. "Yeah you can't. So here's the problem and you have to stick with me all the way until the end and not fall off, okay? If you fall off you aren't getting to the end."
"Sure?" Schanice said.
"Oh goodness," Alieka said, because she knew Oxi a lot better.
"So, a computer stores data on aurora. In aurora. In shapes and colors and patterns. When you change what books are on loan, that's bits of aurora that are altered that other aurora references. Cool so far yeah?"
"That's simple," Schanice said.
"Right. So, get ready here comes the first curve, when you're sad, it's because of a a shape and color and pattern in the aurora in your soul. Right?"
"With you so far," Schanice said.
"Oh no," Alieka said.
"So we have micropatterns and macropatterns. It's the same as a mural, you can have a small picture look like one thing and be part of a different image at different distances," Oxi said. "And sometimes the way data gets stored makes sense on the micro scale, but on the macro scale..."
"It stops making sense!" Schanice tried.
"Worse," Alieka said. "It's sad. You're telling us the computer is too sad to work."
"It's called a depressive runtime fault," Oxi said. "We need to install something funny on the computer fast."
"It's not any different from a body," Alieka said, peering over Oxi's shoulder. "We take our bodies for granted. Until they perform incorrectly."
"Well you're both wrong," Oxi said, a chittering grumble in his throat. "A computer's like a soul. Literally because it stores data in aurora the same as a soul does. And yeah sure the circuits are like the body's organs that help moderate the auroral flow but it's the aurora that holds the data and this? This is a data problem."
"Oh," Schanice said. "Well, for a computer, you can just buy a new heart. I don't know--can we buy new--data? How do we do that?"
Oxi twisted his head all the way around to smile up at Schanice. "Yeah you can't. So here's the problem and you have to stick with me all the way until the end and not fall off, okay? If you fall off you aren't getting to the end."
"Sure?" Schanice said.
"Oh goodness," Alieka said, because she knew Oxi a lot better.
"So, a computer stores data on aurora. In aurora. In shapes and colors and patterns. When you change what books are on loan, that's bits of aurora that are altered that other aurora references. Cool so far yeah?"
"That's simple," Schanice said.
"Right. So, get ready here comes the first curve, when you're sad, it's because of a a shape and color and pattern in the aurora in your soul. Right?"
"With you so far," Schanice said.
"Oh no," Alieka said.
"So we have micropatterns and macropatterns. It's the same as a mural, you can have a small picture look like one thing and be part of a different image at different distances," Oxi said. "And sometimes the way data gets stored makes sense on the micro scale, but on the macro scale..."
"It stops making sense!" Schanice tried.
"Worse," Alieka said. "It's sad. You're telling us the computer is too sad to work."
"It's called a depressive runtime fault," Oxi said. "We need to install something funny on the computer fast."
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i had this half-finished from a while back and it's still better than most of the things i'm drawing lately (how the fuck does that work) so i decided to finish it since past-me's superior drawing abilities should be prioritized over this current instance's shitty doodles tbh
Hmm... arising macropatterns... need to install something funny... I need to remember that for my work.
Also, I imagine these creatures' horns used to be straight, but once it was browsing their analog of Internets and saw something that cannot be unseen (insert that Long Neck Reaction Guy.jpg), and the horns just curled around each other. So they left like that for the whole species. At least, ancient legends tell so.
Also, I imagine these creatures' horns used to be straight, but once it was browsing their analog of Internets and saw something that cannot be unseen (insert that Long Neck Reaction Guy.jpg), and the horns just curled around each other. So they left like that for the whole species. At least, ancient legends tell so.
funny is somewhat objective as a pattern that causes humor to a majority of souls can be determined as "funny"
however, are those souls only finding it funny because of an existing pattern in their soul? can that pattern be tweaked so the "funny-pattern" no longer elicits a humor response?
i guess they really are fucked
and yeah the aurora isn't just the electricity it's the data and the way the data is stored. they can't defrag it easily because the auroral patterns that store library info, on the macro scale, make a sadness pattern. they could maybe... change where data is stored physically without changing the data, i guess, to break that pattern? that might work?
holy shit it's like rearranging your room when you're depressed and the change in environment makes you feel better
however, are those souls only finding it funny because of an existing pattern in their soul? can that pattern be tweaked so the "funny-pattern" no longer elicits a humor response?
i guess they really are fucked
and yeah the aurora isn't just the electricity it's the data and the way the data is stored. they can't defrag it easily because the auroral patterns that store library info, on the macro scale, make a sadness pattern. they could maybe... change where data is stored physically without changing the data, i guess, to break that pattern? that might work?
holy shit it's like rearranging your room when you're depressed and the change in environment makes you feel better
don't worry, it's not actually sentient
the auroral patterns of the data storage just unfortunately make a shape that's the shape of sadness, which makes the computer run poorly
it's a very rare and VERY inconvenient glitch and computers never ever become sapient by accident
the auroral patterns of the data storage just unfortunately make a shape that's the shape of sadness, which makes the computer run poorly
it's a very rare and VERY inconvenient glitch and computers never ever become sapient by accident
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