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Permanence - One of the beautiful things about these watches is they will be treasures for hundreds of years. I serious doubt anyone will look back at my code

Permanence - One of the beautiful things about these watches is they will be treasures for hundreds of years. I serious doubt anyone will look back at my code in one hundred years and be amazed by the beauty. Not that it is not beautiful, software just doesn't feel like it has any lasting permanence. You can create amazing things with software but does any implementation actually have permanence?

volkk 9y ago
i've read that the original Doom code is essentially a work of art, no? (a bit different with regards to watchmaking in terms of art, of course)
- BatFastard 9y ago
  That may well be true, but how many people can appreciate it? Too really appreciate it you would have had to be making 3D engines in the early 90's. Since otherwise its hard to appreciate the limitations Carmake overcame. I happen to know a guy who was doing just that, and he can twiddle bits like no other, but his style is stuck in 1992.
simonsarris 9y ago
Well, does bread? https://www.instagram.com/sourdough_nouveau/ https://www.instagram.com/sourdough_nouveau/ Not everything beautiful need be permanent. Some of it can last just one morning. (In Tibetan Buddhism, there is also the Sand Mandala that epitomizes this) There's a beauty to lasting treasure, but there's a beauty to ephemeral treasure too, I think. Something crafted with ultimate care to be shared and consumed immediately.
- BatFastard 9y ago
  There is beauty in transitory experiences too most certainly! The unseen rainbow has beauty, but as a human I like to think I am more than a blink of a cosmic eye. Even though I know I am not....
- BatFastard 9y ago
  That is some great sourdough bread by the way!
cr0sh 9y ago
> You can create amazing things with software but does any implementation actually have permanence? Software hasn't been around long enough to really know if it has "permanence" - but the Sabre Reservation System probably comes pretty close... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_(computer_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_(computer_system) /somewhat serious...

volkk 9y ago

i've read that the original Doom code is essentially a work of art, no? (a bit different with regards to watchmaking in terms of art, of course)

BatFastard 9y ago
That may well be true, but how many people can appreciate it? Too really appreciate it you would have had to be making 3D engines in the early 90's. Since otherwise its hard to appreciate the limitations Carmake overcame. I happen to know a guy who was doing just that, and he can twiddle bits like no other, but his style is stuck in 1992.

simonsarris 9y ago

Well, does bread? https://www.instagram.com/sourdough_nouveau/ https://www.instagram.com/sourdough_nouveau/ Not everything beautiful need be permanent. Some of it can last just one morning. (In Tibetan Buddhism, there is also the Sand Mandala that epitomizes this) There's a beauty to lasting treasure, but there's a beauty to ephemeral treasure too, I think. Something crafted with ultimate care to be shared and consumed immediately.

BatFastard 9y ago
There is beauty in transitory experiences too most certainly! The unseen rainbow has beauty, but as a human I like to think I am more than a blink of a cosmic eye. Even though I know I am not....
BatFastard 9y ago
That is some great sourdough bread by the way!

cr0sh 9y ago

> You can create amazing things with software but does any implementation actually have permanence? Software hasn't been around long enough to really know if it has "permanence" - but the Sabre Reservation System probably comes pretty close... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_(computer_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_(computer_system) /somewhat serious...