Wei Wuxian taught me a little the other week to send to the dead.
[ shrug ]
But my, now I'm really curious what sort of critical thinking skill you think I'd have teach you. Isn't it the usual thing for last century's sci-fi to emphasize that while computers can think quickly, they can only do exactly what they're told to do and no more?
Maybe. But we have a lot to learn from computers! Especially since we're biological computers! [A beat.] Teach me a code. Like, to deliver secret messages or something.
Mmm, yes. Though it might be hard for me to gesture more than a certain number of times. Maybe the way I do it is more meaningful!
[He attempts to fingergun back, but his hands just. Flop.]
Poetry is fascinating. The use of rhyme and rhythm is really nice...though I'm a fan of tercets in particular, and terza rima. Three lines of poetry, and the terza rima being an interlocking three rhyme scheme. Like so:
[And he recites, off the top of his head, because of course he does:]
"A still small voice spake unto me: 'Thou art so full of misery, Were it not better not to be?’
Then to the still small voice I said: 'Let me not cast in endless shade What is so wonderfully made.’"
[He laughs.]
If you want something romantic or appreciative for a friend, though, there's plenty of poems to choose from.
Could try winking at someone, but that's used often enough to be conspicuous, especially if you have to do it a lot. There's options for more subtle things, but...
[ peers
at his current state. doesn't mention it. ]
A certain speed or weight to it, certainly. Towards a specific direction, lazily, carelessly, one-handed, two-handed... those are options.
[ shrug! anyway, that's... quite the poem, anaido. gotta love that depression detective, huh. ]
Terza rima... would imply there being a third stanza to round it out though, wouldn't it? Or does it refer only to the number of lines used in each rhyme?
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Date: 2020-07-17 12:54 am (UTC)[ the task seems. to be more specifically "learn something to do something nice for someone else" rather than "teach someone a new skill", so. ]
What would I get in return, anyway?
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Date: 2020-07-17 01:00 am (UTC)[Or....something like that.]
Hmmm. [HMMM.] Do you know origami?
[He's no expert, of course, but he can probably fold up a crane or two.]
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Date: 2020-07-17 01:05 am (UTC)[ shrug ]
But my, now I'm really curious what sort of critical thinking skill you think I'd have teach you. Isn't it the usual thing for last century's sci-fi to emphasize that while computers can think quickly, they can only do exactly what they're told to do and no more?
[ the paperclip maximization parable . . . ]
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Date: 2020-07-17 01:13 am (UTC)Maybe. But we have a lot to learn from computers! Especially since we're biological computers! [A beat.] Teach me a code. Like, to deliver secret messages or something.
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Date: 2020-07-17 01:18 am (UTC)What medium would it be in? Spoken? Written? Does it have to be conveyed in silence?
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Date: 2020-07-17 01:27 am (UTC)...I could teach you how to recite a nice poem to tell someone else.
[At least he has Literary Knowledge up his sleeve.]
Maybe silence. To give each other hints during the trial, for example, without saying anything at all. But it's your choice.
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Date: 2020-07-17 01:30 am (UTC)For example, fingergunning a specific number of times.
[ fingerguns at him. ]
Now, what's this about poetry?
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Date: 2020-07-17 01:50 am (UTC)[He attempts to fingergun back, but his hands just. Flop.]
Poetry is fascinating. The use of rhyme and rhythm is really nice...though I'm a fan of tercets in particular, and terza rima. Three lines of poetry, and the terza rima being an interlocking three rhyme scheme. Like so:
[And he recites, off the top of his head, because of course he does:]
"A still small voice spake unto me:
'Thou art so full of misery,
Were it not better not to be?’
Then to the still small voice I said:
'Let me not cast in endless shade
What is so wonderfully made.’"
[He laughs.]
If you want something romantic or appreciative for a friend, though, there's plenty of poems to choose from.
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Date: 2020-07-17 02:16 am (UTC)[ peers
at his current state. doesn't mention it. ]
A certain speed or weight to it, certainly. Towards a specific direction, lazily, carelessly, one-handed, two-handed... those are options.
[ shrug! anyway, that's... quite the poem, anaido. gotta love that depression detective, huh. ]
Terza rima... would imply there being a third stanza to round it out though, wouldn't it? Or does it refer only to the number of lines used in each rhyme?