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https://www.youtube.com/c/AsahiLina https://www.youtube.com/c/AsahiLina for those who aren't aware - some of the most incredible low-level programming work I've

by btown 3y ago

https://www.youtube.com/c/AsahiLina https://www.youtube.com/c/AsahiLina for those who aren't aware - some of the most incredible low-level programming work I've ever seen!

4gotunameagain 3y ago
If only it weren't obscured behind unbearable levels of anime cringe. I guess I'm getting old.
- vGPU 3y ago
  It’s just part of the “coder” subculture these days. To quote @SwiftOnSecurity: “I said that all furries are programmers. I have been contacted and am issuing a correction. There are three furries who are not programmers.” https://x.com/swiftonsecurity/status/511043756788043776?s=46 https://x.com/swiftonsecurity/status/511043756788043776?s=46
- zbentley 3y ago
  Shrug. It's certainly unusual by the standard of programmers-as-geeky-yet-professional-folks, which is what most people expect these days. However, programming has, for most of the last 60 years, attracted many people from the weird, misfit, or cringe-du-jour segments of the population. This is nothing new; plenty of hackers in the '80s and '90s had public personas that were weirder than this.
  - meragrin_ 3y ago
    > plenty of hackers in the '80s and '90s had public personas that were weirder than this. And they are?
- dimator 3y ago
  I choose to see that as the cyberpunk future that we are living in. Everything ends with your avatar, just like Gibson foretold. What an amazing time.
- btown 3y ago
  For some, vtubing is capitalizing on a trend; for many, though, it’s a way to express and experiment with developing one’s identity in a way that transcends the physical limitations of both presenter and audience - and for those for whom that freedom to experiment can unlock unbounded creativity, it’s an incredible way to “limit break.” A bit saccharine from an aesthetic perspective, but it’s something that would be entirely familiar (if old-school) to denizens of a cyberpunk universe, and I don’t think there’s a better way to articulate how it’s connected to a broader vision.

by btown 3y ago

https://www.youtube.com/c/AsahiLina https://www.youtube.com/c/AsahiLina for those who aren't aware - some of the most incredible low-level programming work I've ever seen!

4gotunameagain 3y ago

If only it weren't obscured behind unbearable levels of anime cringe. I guess I'm getting old.

vGPU 3y ago
It’s just part of the “coder” subculture these days. To quote @SwiftOnSecurity: “I said that all furries are programmers. I have been contacted and am issuing a correction. There are three furries who are not programmers.” https://x.com/swiftonsecurity/status/511043756788043776?s=46 https://x.com/swiftonsecurity/status/511043756788043776?s=46
zbentley 3y ago
Shrug. It's certainly unusual by the standard of programmers-as-geeky-yet-professional-folks, which is what most people expect these days. However, programming has, for most of the last 60 years, attracted many people from the weird, misfit, or cringe-du-jour segments of the population. This is nothing new; plenty of hackers in the '80s and '90s had public personas that were weirder than this.
- meragrin_ 3y ago
  > plenty of hackers in the '80s and '90s had public personas that were weirder than this. And they are?
dimator 3y ago
I choose to see that as the cyberpunk future that we are living in. Everything ends with your avatar, just like Gibson foretold. What an amazing time.
btown 3y ago
For some, vtubing is capitalizing on a trend; for many, though, it’s a way to express and experiment with developing one’s identity in a way that transcends the physical limitations of both presenter and audience - and for those for whom that freedom to experiment can unlock unbounded creativity, it’s an incredible way to “limit break.” A bit saccharine from an aesthetic perspective, but it’s something that would be entirely familiar (if old-school) to denizens of a cyberpunk universe, and I don’t think there’s a better way to articulate how it’s connected to a broader vision.