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This list is funny. All of these things existed in pre computer form. A scheduler used to be a person putting punch cards into a machine.

• TheRoque 5mo ago
  What's the human form of a video game ?
  • brabel 5mo ago
    Board games? All sorts of toys?
    • TheRoque 5mo ago
      Well not really, since the board game itself doesn't need a paid human to work. It's been crafted by a human, but video games are also crafted by (arguably many more) humans. The closest would be escape games, or larger scale games maybe
• matt_kantor 5mo ago
  My reply in a sibling thread[0] is applicable here too. I'm not sure if you have the same things in mind as skeledrew, but at least this seems probably relevant: > If you broaden the criteria enough then you can interpret most anything as "something that a human does/did". Like: humans "have fun" and therefore video games don't count, or humans can jump therefore they "travel through the air" therefore airplanes are just "doing something that humans do". But I don't think this reading of the upthread comment leads to interesting discussion. I'd be happy to discuss specific examples of the "pre computer forms", if you provide some. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48083805 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48083805