JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoIf a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?message-squaremessage-square368fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIf a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square368fedilink
minus-squareHopFlop@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoYeah, something like “We have machines with thousands of switches that can do complicated things depending on how you set the switches. My job is flipping those switches so the machine performs the desired task as best as possible”…?
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months ago“what is this ‘switch’ of which thou speakest?”
minus-squareHopFlop@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoA lever that influenced the workings of the machine, sir.
Yeah, something like “We have machines with thousands of switches that can do complicated things depending on how you set the switches. My job is flipping those switches so the machine performs the desired task as best as possible”…?
“what is this ‘switch’ of which thou speakest?”
A lever that influenced the workings of the machine, sir.