Exactly! On their screens they would be seeing the code, but in their minds they’re seeing the structures and relationships of it all and that’s what the visuals were meant to represent to a layman audience.
I recently learned the term for this feeling is ‘derealization.’
And I too increasingly feel like I’m in someone’s game of The Sims and they’re just fucking with me more and more to see how insane things can get before I lose my mind.
Totally agree but also want to throw in the sexiness of the Enterprise too. Had to rewatch a scene b/c I was seriously like, “The design of this turbolift interior is hot. It’s making me sweat!” 🥵
Manual ordering of images in albums is an absolute must before I adopt any image management system. It’s wierd to me that seemingly none of the FOSS systems support it (considering that most of us are datahoading control freaks).
This had my wife knocking on the door and asking why I was laughing in the bathroom.