Made it easier?

[pelmut]

[0] In computing hardware, "non-binary" represents a fatal fault condition is the components that make up a computer.

...Unless it's an analogue computer.

[moonshadow]

These faults normally manifest as a "floating" condition where a signal is neither a proper ground or a proper voltage; it's in the middle

Neither a proper ground or a proper voltage...

Sounds like people to me..

People are complex, and while our brains may be compared to "computers", they are certainly not processing ones and zeros. I suppose it could be argued that certain neurons fire and certain ones don't, and it would be argued then that our brains might actually function like a modern day computer...

But what about sentience? What makes us more than the sum of our parts? What gives us a conscious, a "soul" if you will? I don't know that free will can be mapped out in on/off switches in the brain.

There's something else there... something almost magickal,, something science hasn't been about to map out yet, something philosophical if you will.

I don't know... to me, being reduced to a simple matter of programming kinda bugs me. Binary is to be programmed, non-binary seems to be the very essence of free will. Non-binary is indeed a "fault" faults have no business in programs, faults cause programs to crash. I don't want to be a program, I want to be free.

Long live the faults!

Going down the rabbit hole here...

[crfriend]

[0] In computing hardware, "non-binary" represents a fatal fault condition is the components that make up a computer.

...Unless it's an analogue computer.

Entirely and completely correct. Point happily granted!

[crfriend]

These faults normally manifest as a "floating" condition where a signal is neither a proper ground or a proper voltage; it's in the middle

Neither a proper ground or a proper voltage...

Sounds like people to me..

People -- carbon-based critters like you, I, and everyone else here in the community are, indeed, analogue in nature, I was pointing up the distinction by way of sarcasm and a poke at the "non-binary" trope that's popular now, and extra baggage we do not need. Let people be people -- to be themselves.

[Sinned]

"I am not a number, I am a free man." The Prisoner

You get quite philosophical at times, Moon. Or at least you have a bit recently.

[crfriend]

"I am not a number, I am a free man." The Prisoner

Very well, No 6.

You get quite philosophical at times, Moon. Or at least you have a bit recently.

Methinks that old age may be creeping up on him quicker than he realises.

[moonshadow]

Methinks that old age may be creeping up on him quicker than he realises.

Well, the old sages of skirt Cafe will be leaving some big shoes to fill!

[Kirbstone]

Right now, barring a fatal accident, I have no intention of leaving my empty shoes anytime soon. I'm still buying skirts for the waistline I had at age 24 !

Tom

[moonshadow]

Let people be people -- to be themselves.

That's all we can be.

As for the [Identity] labels, I'd hazard a guess it has to do more with community, and the better understanding of themselves, rather than upsetting the likes of skirtcafe members. We all have to walk our own path.... non-binary people included.

What it means to be human, or even to be "a person", or really just "to exist" seems to be constantly evolving. Every day we learn so much more about ourselves as a species, and individually.

[moonshadow]

You get quite philosophical at times, Moon. Or at least you have a bit recently.

I take that as a highest form of compliment. Thank you.

[Sinned]

You're welcome, Moon. I call it as I see it.