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I can't be "an ant pretending to be a person on the internet"

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  • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

    I can't be "an ant pretending to be a person on the internet"

    I post about human stuff all the time and no one has made a computer interface suitable for ants yet. So it's impossible.

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    @futurebird I think we have a new project idea for @foone!

    It just needs to be an array of switches that can be actuated by a colony of ants!

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    • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

      I can't be "an ant pretending to be a person on the internet"

      I post about human stuff all the time and no one has made a computer interface suitable for ants yet. So it's impossible.

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      @futurebird That’s EXACTLY what an ant pretending to be a human would say.

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      • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

        I can't be "an ant pretending to be a person on the internet"

        I post about human stuff all the time and no one has made a computer interface suitable for ants yet. So it's impossible.

        JollyOrcJ This user is from outside of this forum
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        @futurebird why have an ant interface, when the whole computer can be ants? https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Hex

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        • Bruce Heerssen :guillotine:B Bruce Heerssen :guillotine:

          @futurebird

          Seems like pinch-to-zoom would be a killer input move for ants.

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          @bruce

          Oh very funny. You know some people have lost loved ones to pinching, right?

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          • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

            I can't be "an ant pretending to be a person on the internet"

            I post about human stuff all the time and no one has made a computer interface suitable for ants yet. So it's impossible.

            NazoN This user is from outside of this forum
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            @futurebird Pfft. You won't fool us for one second with these ridiculous claims. We know you are an ant.

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            • ? Guest

              @futurebird That’s EXACTLY what an ant pretending to be a human would say.

              Bryan L. FordhamB This user is from outside of this forum
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              @michaelgemar @futurebird came here to point this out

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              • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                I can't be "an ant pretending to be a person on the internet"

                I post about human stuff all the time and no one has made a computer interface suitable for ants yet. So it's impossible.

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                @futurebird none suitable for an ant, but I'm not convinced several ants couldn't make it work. Are you several ants?

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                • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                  I can't be "an ant pretending to be a person on the internet"

                  I post about human stuff all the time and no one has made a computer interface suitable for ants yet. So it's impossible.

                  May is Seasonally SeasonedM This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @futurebird Nah, you're actually the embodiment of an entire colony of ants. No individual ant could reflect upon collectivist society as much as you do.

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                  • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                    I can't be "an ant pretending to be a person on the internet"

                    I post about human stuff all the time and no one has made a computer interface suitable for ants yet. So it's impossible.

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                    @futurebird Three million ants in a trenchcoat?

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                    • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                      I can't be "an ant pretending to be a person on the internet"

                      I post about human stuff all the time and no one has made a computer interface suitable for ants yet. So it's impossible.

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                      @futurebird

                      I post about human stuff

                      I use human interface

                      I am totally a human

                      Yeaaaah ... all the humans I know always need to point out how human they are. 😉

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                      • May is Seasonally SeasonedM May is Seasonally Seasoned

                        @futurebird Nah, you're actually the embodiment of an entire colony of ants. No individual ant could reflect upon collectivist society as much as you do.

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                        @mayintoronto

                        No, this is silly ants are concerned with digging simple holes and being very nice creatures that help keep the forest clean. They don't want to use the internet to do anything so complex and frustrating. Just don't worry about it I think.

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                        • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                          I can't be "an ant pretending to be a person on the internet"

                          I post about human stuff all the time and no one has made a computer interface suitable for ants yet. So it's impossible.

                          Tim HergertC This user is from outside of this forum
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                          @futurebird that's all well and good, but do you suppose ants could ride Sea-Doos?

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                          • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                            I can't be "an ant pretending to be a person on the internet"

                            I post about human stuff all the time and no one has made a computer interface suitable for ants yet. So it's impossible.

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                            @futurebird nobody said you were just one ant!

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                            • Tim HergertC Tim Hergert

                              @futurebird that's all well and good, but do you suppose ants could ride Sea-Doos?

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                              @cjust

                              Who needs a sea-doo when you are the master of surface tension? And basically Jesus.

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                              • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                                I can't be "an ant pretending to be a person on the internet"

                                I post about human stuff all the time and no one has made a computer interface suitable for ants yet. So it's impossible.

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                                @futurebird @mayintoronto Ah, there’s no antecedent.

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                                • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                                  @cjust

                                  Who needs a sea-doo when you are the master of surface tension? And basically Jesus.

                                  Tim HergertC This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  @futurebird But if you ask me if I've heard crazier things than ants riding sea-doos...

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                                  • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                                    @mayintoronto

                                    No, this is silly ants are concerned with digging simple holes and being very nice creatures that help keep the forest clean. They don't want to use the internet to do anything so complex and frustrating. Just don't worry about it I think.

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                                    @futurebird Oh. My. God. The internet's just a distraction created by the ant people to stop us from noticing that they've taken over our pantries?!?!!!

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                                    • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                                      I can't be "an ant pretending to be a person on the internet"

                                      I post about human stuff all the time and no one has made a computer interface suitable for ants yet. So it's impossible.

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                                      @futurebird All you need is some image recognition for mandibles and antennae... well, simulating output to the chemoreceptors might pose a problem...

                                      I still think going the fungus route is the way to communicate with ants: A bit slow, but very robust.

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                                      • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                                        I can't be "an ant pretending to be a person on the internet"

                                        I post about human stuff all the time and no one has made a computer interface suitable for ants yet. So it's impossible.

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                                        @futurebird The input side doesn't seem too bad in principle, but how would ant-friendly output work? Everything would have to be converted to chemical signals, wouldn't it?

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                                        • Tim JT Tim J

                                          @futurebird The input side doesn't seem too bad in principle, but how would ant-friendly output work? Everything would have to be converted to chemical signals, wouldn't it?

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                                          @timtfj

                                          Some ants have pretty big eyes. But smells would be helpful, probably beyond human technological sophistication to make such a thing, though. So yet another reason why it's not possible.

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