whirling
qna

questioning and potentially answering

the 'questioning' part

the 'answering' part

Which one do you like better: debugging or writing fresh code? (November 1st, 2024)

legi can probably attest but writing new code is way more enjoyable than working through techdebt for me lol

Just checking—is this (perihelion) like a real bot or one of those “fun projects” you ghost after 2 week (November 1st, 2024)

it's the project I occasionally work on when I'm bored but it is mostly the fun projects i ghost after 2 week

Whirling, can you share any book or movie recommendations? Need that inspo. (November 1st, 2024)

these are less inspirational but all the books by Randall Munroe are pretty good since they're basically xkcd in book form lol

Real question: why “Perihelion” and not like… I dunno, WhirlingBot3000? (November 1st, 2024)

originally it was called rollplayer, since it was based off legi's bot which... rolled dice. i added some more later but at some point it kinda ballooned.
i actually decided on naming it whirligig for some time, but legi and friends said it was a bad name [they are correct].
we tried finding a new name for it and came up with perihelion, which stuck. the testing bots' names are all variations of that too (cheirohelion, katahelion, apohelion)

will this bot ever become like, one of those creepy tracking apps? (November 1st, 2024)

that wouldn't be possible since discord only sends me info when you run a command anyway

hi i’m dumb, what’s the “DMCA” thing and is it just for fancy? (November 1st, 2024)

i basically only have it because it's a legal requirement

Are you planning to make an app or stay in the bot zone? (November 1st, 2024)

making bots is more fun than making uis so probably the latter

Asking for a friend—is any of this actually legal? 😅 (November 1st, 2024)

no. i commit 7,200 transgender surgeries on illegal aliens each second

what do you think about AI taking over? Just sayin’ (November 1st, 2024)

An OpenAI job listing for Killswitch Engineer. It's describing that they need someone to disable the AI if they 'turn on us'.

i know where you live (November 1st, 2024)

ok and your ip is 127.0.0.1... smh