Hobbies and interests of INTjs

[Luke]

haha, i feel like telling my code story. I first did Pascal in freshman year of high school. I really liked it, but I didn't like it so much that I was going to do more. Then I found a C book for 50 cents. Pascal had strings built in, but C did not. That was why I have a bias against C. I read the whole book, and yes, strings are arrays of char, but too much work you know, plus printf/scanf is garbage, C++ is superior to C.

So yes, I am very used to reading C++ family of languages. I tried Scheme(derived from Lisp) for about a month, but I got nothing going.

Yeah, I like the idea behind scheme but never got to where I was writing anything in it. Maybe I'll implement a scheme in forth someday. Kind of similar philosophies of minimalism and roll-your-own going on there.

Seems like there's a groove of writing in a language that can take some focus to get into, even if you can read it passably. Different languages reflect different mindsets, philosophies, perhaps even quadra values...

[Mediator Kam]

I like cute languages.

[Luke]

I like cute languages.

Yeah, cuteness is important in a language.

[JohnDo]

LIIs may have strange interests, indeed. I'm interested in things like

- Cryptozoology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

- Parapsychology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

- Communism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socionics

[ArchonAlarion]

and these as well:

• Constructed language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Worldbuilding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Free-market anarchism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Wargaming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Brilliand]

Worldbuilding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Basilicus

Our exalted leader has returned!

I think he's Alpha NT himself... haven't decided which one yet.

Anyhow, it gave the place a boost even though he hasn't really done much yet.

[ArchonAlarion]

I should get involved in this...

[MatthewZ]

and these as well:

• Constructed language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Worldbuilding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Free-market anarchism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Wargaming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Now there's a list of 4 items I can actually agree with.

[ArchonAlarion]

Besides Socionics and self pity those are the topics most prevalent in my thoughts.

[Luke]

Worldbuilding is easy to lose a lot of time in. Orion's Arm is a good one I've dumped lots of hours into reading. I like hard sci-fi because it makes me think they are on track for the real future. Megascale space habitats are a fascination of mine, have been since I read ringworld. Regular space colonies are also fascinating -- planets are such a waste of material when you think about it.

Utility Fog is another one of the really interesting ideas that I've spent a lot of time thinking about. Essentially it is a set of nanobots which lock arms, but can let go at intervals and thus be programmed to act as any substance -- breathable air, concrete, water, etc. It could be used to simulate gravity convincingly, or give you flight in a gravitational environment. The tiny arms would let them act as generators, capable of gathering energy from the tiniest currents of air.

I guess I am fascinated by potential practical applications. The fact that esperanto is easier to learn yet arguably just as beautiful and useful as natural languages makes me consider it an incredibly good idea. While I get the idea of lojban as a way to explore the saphir-worf hypothesis, that doesn't really do much for me. And I don't really feel learning klingon or elvish is going to do me any good in life...

[ArchonAlarion]

Utility Fog is another one of the really interesting ideas that I've spent a lot of time thinking about. Essentially it is a set of nanobots which lock arms, but can let go at intervals and thus be programmed to act as any substance -- breathable air, concrete, water, etc. It could be used to simulate gravity convincingly, or give you flight in a gravitational environment. The tiny arms would let them act as generators, capable of gathering energy from the tiniest currents of air.

For Basilicus, I'm considering making a civ around this sort of technology. I'm going to weave socionics material (not by name, that would be corny) into it, so that the elements represent root processes in shaping the utility matter. There will be a philosophy/spirituality based around the use of the elements, so that the feel of the race is sort of elfish/eldarish (not sure what the species will specifically be evolved from, but their contemporary state will be formless and arcane).

So, the use of "external field statics" for example would be for reformatting multiple systems (ships, architecture, minds, etc) to operate on the same root mechanisms, thus making communication and adjustment easier between them.

Maybe I'll have the civ separated into 4 nations as well for the quadras, with a 5th administrative caste.

Not totally realistic, but w/e

[1121]

Worldbuilding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I've been doing this since age 10, and was not aware of it's existence as an interest for others outside of use in terms of Dungeons & Dragons campaigns.

Also, my main interest at the moment outside of socionics is Dungeons & Dragons

[Creepy-Pied Piper]

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[Krig the Viking]

I've been doing this since age 10, and was not aware of it's existence as an interest for others outside of use in terms of Dungeons & Dragons campaigns.

Also, my main interest at the moment outside of socionics is Dungeons & Dragons

Likewise, I started in Grade 7 or 8, before my family had the Internet and well before I'd ever heard of the term "worldbuilding". I didn't care much for the DnD system, though -- my friends and I tried a number of different ones, but mostly I created my own rules systems. Nowadays all my geek friends have moved away, so I don't get to actually play RPGs anymore, but I still love worldbuilding.