• X@piefed.world
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    9 days ago

    Given a spherical cow in a perfect vacuum, we’d first need to establish a widely accepted baseline for a respectable computer toucher. Which will very likely be preceded by establishing a widely accepted baseline definition for what the fuck a computer toucher is.

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    I always get a kick out of “spielen” getting a little lost in Google translate as touching

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      9 days ago

      Oh that’s a translation thing? I thought it was just a colloquialism, sounds like a good one even

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      9 days ago

      The original comment is in English. The “übersetzen” link is to translate to German.

      I have never seen “spielen” be translated as “to touch”. On the other hand, colloquial English using “touch” as a whimsical way of saying “interact with” is common among my English-speaking friends.

  • macniel@feddit.org
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    9 days ago

    But is your mission in live to touch every computer, because ever computer deserves to be touched?

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    I may be biased, but those are two indicators of the very best kind of computer toucher