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Socoder -> On Topic -> A Whole Different World |
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| Sat, 18 Jan 2025, 07:50 | |
Jayenkai
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A Whole Different WorldPlumber came today to finish off the new sink, and he brought his kid Woody with him. Woody's interested in game-dev, so he ended up spending 5 or 10 minutes with me, as I struggled to explain my grumpy-old-man style of coding. He then showed me his Scratch game, and that was mighty impressive! (Balloons, spike, pop!) I showed him JSE, and explained how the sprites get turned into the Symbol data, and then leisurely mentioned that it's "so you can copy and paste it into a forum" ... The blank expression on his face... "Forum .. um.. .. .. " My mind tried to find a modern equivalent.. .. BBS certainly wouldn't do. "Chatroom..? Discord?!" Discord did it. Honestly, I didn't expect the word "Forum" to be lost to the ages. To be fair, SoCoder's a number of years older than he was, so.. you know... But, yeah, today I met a kid who'll be a millionaire in no time. Good luck, Woody! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!'' 
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| Sat, 18 Jan 2025, 14:22 | |
therevillsgames
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What is the difference between a forum and discord... Or Reddit? In my mind next to zero lol
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| Sat, 18 Jan 2025, 15:08 | |
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Jayenkai
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Yeah, but if you've never heard the word before, I expect it's quite the baffler 
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| Sat, 18 Jan 2025, 15:49 | |
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therevillsgames
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How old is Woody? The word forum has route outside of the computing world too 
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| Sat, 18 Jan 2025, 17:59 | |
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Jayenkai
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Early secondary, maybe? Not sure, if I'm honest, but Forums just aren't a thing, anymore. We're unpopular, now  Maybe we should do an annual Prom or something. That's what all the kids do, right? And hand out stars and records for good attendance. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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