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Re:As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a n... by ednite on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @03:10PM (#44119572)
Wow, decades in this field and it finally took your comment to connect my childhood LEGO obsession with coding. Simple enough, but it never actually crossed my mind. The funny thing is, I’ve always linked my love for storytelling to LEGO building, but not coding. Thanks for the insight, that just snapped into place.
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Re:As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a n... by hinkley on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @03:14PM (#44119627)
Did I love Lego because I was like this, or am I like this because I loved Lego?

That'll bake your noodle for a good long while :)

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Re:As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a n... by ednite on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @03:35PM (#44119863)
Whoa…
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Re:As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a n... by fuzztester on Thursday May 29, 2025 @07:58AM (#44125126)
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, did make a sound?

- Zen koan I read a while ago, might have got the wording a bit wrong, but a fun one.

Just googled, and it is Wikipedia too, but "koan" is only in the See also section:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_a_tree_falls_in_a_forest_...

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Re:As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a n... by Terr_ on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @07:51PM (#44121653)
With respect to Lego and coding, now I'm thinking of the game Infinifactory, which has the nice property of yielding puzzle-answers where you can go: "Hey, I built that! Look at it operate!"
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