Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 puzzles

Post by nurettin » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 3:17 PM UTC

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I enjoy all of the above and not the bland, droning, tasteless, pointless "learn the next mechanic" JB games. YMMV. BTW the talos principle AI referred to itself as yahweh, if you ever read the bible. Edit: and chess is uniquely lore-heavy. Even the openings have openings and everything is tied to history. I'm surprised it is even brought up in comparison at all.

I would just like to point out that your condescending aside is ironic given that you also misremembered the name, Elohim.

Post by NeutralCrane » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 8:16 PM UTC

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You are missing their point. They are saying they start with relatively benign views, and the intense overreaction to those views drives them to support much more extreme views, like what you are describing, that they otherwise might not have. I can't speak for Blow, but that definitely seems to accurately describe the arc Rowling has taken over the last 7-8 years.

>that they otherwise might not have. I think this is letting people off the hook. We're talking about adults in their 40s and 50s here. When people like that 'suddenly' endorse extreme views it's because they had held them back and feel enabled to say them now, an adult isn't going to become an extremist because someone was mean to them online. I'm 20 years younger than Blow and even at my age I can tell I'm settled…

Post by psyopsy » Sun, Dec 21, 2025, 1:42 AM UTC

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Am I supposed to be embarrassed for defending someone against a baseless smear? Anyway, call it "defensive" all you want. It doesn't change the historical thread: You argued, at best, his views made the workplace unwelcoming; the data shows he hires women at parity. You're just backpedaling because the reality didn't match your narrative vibes.

I still don't think those are contradictory. If some women that worked with him share their opinion I'll readjust.

Post by stock_toaster » Sun, Dec 21, 2025, 9:08 PM UTC

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Jai, odin and zig's creators are all part of the handmade network, a community of programmers. You are vastly underestimating blow's reach/influence. Odin's creator has credited Jai as an influence. You can see him in the comments of old jai youtube videos (videos that go into a lot of depth about the language design). Odin's syntax and features are very similar to Jai, the influence is pretty clear. Odin has other i…

I've never heard of Odin or seen any projects written in it, seen a company hire for it, or seen it discussed at a PL conference. There's no stable compiler for it, and no spec. Yeah, I'm just one person, so maybe I'm just in my own bubble, but these are hobby projects with a very small communities. > Many programmers ...how many?

Post by __alexs » Mon, Dec 22, 2025, 10:07 AM UTC

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No I'm just clear that the current state of science makes it impossible to draw the conclusion that you are. Note that this outcome goes both ways. We can neither confirm that biology is the main driver nor confirm that it isn't. Life is not as certain as you want it to be.

You started with “not well explained by biology.” All of the evidence is solidly on one side, so you’ve retreated to “we can neither confirm nor deny.” I guess that’s progress?