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scosman · 2023-09-27 17:05:37

Software is used to make models, but the models aren’t software anymore than Toy Story is software.

rasalas | karma 83 | avg karma 8.3 · | 2022-08-19 23:23:12

"Software toy" is the term most famously associated with Will Wright's products.

JBReefer | karma 2559 | avg karma 3.13 · | 2016-07-17 15:12:53+00:00

Not everything is software

tempodox | karma 9431 | avg karma 2.58 · | 2023-02-15 02:50:45

No, it's software that's being anthropomorphized. That's not the same.

BlueTemplar | karma 2807 | avg karma 0.63 · | 2021-07-09 09:28:21+00:00

A big difference is that software is both is and isn't an artistic work.

precommunicator | karma 176 | avg karma 2.2 · | 2023-06-15 23:52:00

Sure. But software is infinitely more complex than movie or any pure hardware engineering

draw_down | karma 1827 | avg karma 0.27 · | 2019-11-09 22:55:33+00:00

It isn’t software

jml7c5 | karma 1956 | avg karma 2.92 · | 2020-06-25 06:44:30+00:00

Just to be clear, parent is describing fictional software, not the system in the article. You seem to be conflating the two.

pabs3 | karma 43824 | avg karma 6.39 · | 2020-11-04 19:09:16

and software.

Tichy | karma 16300 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2009-09-13 21:05:02

And what animates the software developer? I disagree that a computer is an inanimate object (unless you pull the power plug).

otabdeveloper4 | karma 2720 | avg karma 1.13 · | 2021-02-08 16:02:59+00:00

No, software isn't models.

Software is text written in a mathematical language.

Doing a visual interpretation of math (or interpretative dance, or a song, etc) isn't going to end in anything useful.

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broscillator | karma 191 | avg karma 1.04 · | 2023-12-31 16:45:24

I don't follow why it can't be software in the same way that you can download blender and make your own animated movie if you have a beefy enough computer.

toastal | karma 3492 | avg karma 2.02 · | 2023-10-11 00:40:16

But it’s not software—it’s a creative work.

saagarjha | karma 56017 | avg karma 2.29 · | 2024-03-01 09:15:31

Software is arts and crafts :)

raspasov | karma 1140 | avg karma 2.2 · | 2021-02-11 02:40:57

Things are what they are when you interact with them. You can't learn how to ride a bike by learning the theory. It's no different for software.

lake99 | karma 1323 | avg karma 2.37 · | 2018-10-15 12:11:22

> "computer software look more like real-world analogues"

Skeuomorphic design. That's the term for it.

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sillysaurus | karma 2027 | avg karma 4.34 · | 2013-06-06 22:49:21+00:00

Software is design. We can't put design on any kind of assembly line / stamping process. This seems like it will remain true for a long time.

jbay808 | karma 7260 | avg karma 3.72 · | 2019-08-21 23:35:52

It doesn't seem that way to me at all. You can create software that does things that were previously not possible or not practical. That is the creation of technology. Software and information are products just as valid as cars and robots.

PaulDavisThe1st | karma 19282 | avg karma 2.7 · | 2022-03-30 11:42:46

It's not really software. Electronics yes, software no. At least, AFAIK.

pc86 | karma 24701 | avg karma 2.58 · | 2023-05-03 10:28:57

Software is not speech.