1  %title What are computers for? Part 2: Forum edition
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 3  %date 2022-04-25 23:04
 4  %update 2023-06-16 20:46
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 6  A recent post by @akkartik on [Merveilles Forum](https://forum.merveilles.town/thread/35/what-are-computers-for%2c-anyway%3f-38/) got me really stuck in the tar pit when it comes to the purpose of computers. I keep being that lame person that talks about it at parties and shit, so maybe it'll help to flesh out my thinking here.
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 8  I've been thinking about [[220502-1237|this a lot lately]], and since both my professional work and my hobbies revolve around computers it's been eating at me in a way sounds as you describe @Kartik
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10  One area I came up with is Art, though it could be covered by B), it was something I kept turning to. 
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