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[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm the guy who makes sure the castle is built to keep out the invaders. Only everything is made of captured lightning.

Gets burned at the stake

[–] madelena@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I create drawings of the enclosure of machines and contraptions, you know, the knobs and switches and all those things, and then instruct machines to assemble those machines according to the drawings.

[–] dixius99@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I work for a training department for a large financial institution. I think I could explain it as teaching people how to do their job better. Though I don't actually do much teaching, personally.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it's not a one line reply with a designation and a linkedin description, but a conversation over drinks, they'd get everything we explain to them. I presume it's a smart person. There are many people in today's time who won't get it in a one liner.

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[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do qa for headsets so uh... Imagine a painting that moves. Now imagine instead of seeing the world, there was a device that makes you only see those moving paintings. I make sure that device and the paintings work well together.

If anyone knows of any kind of animation technique from that era that would help with the description. But even flip books wouldn't be invented for like 150 more years so πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ Maybe I could find a nice painting and give the person a bunch of mushrooms and be like "this but different"

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[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I'd have to go through a bunch of concepts about light, moving motion and photography in general but I'm sure we'd get there eventually.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I make energy (a word describing the measure of the invisible magic which makes sea waves happen, the sensation of warmth of the sun on your skin, and the effort you put into lifting heavy rocks) move around really, really, really fast, and lots and lots of it too.

Controlling this 'energy' is a difficult task because if you give it even a little chance, 'energy' will escape in the easiest, most useless way possible. Half my job is planning how to prevent energy from escaping without doing something useful first.

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[–] Yerbouti@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Ambisonic is awesome man, it makes the sounds go vrooom all around you.

[–] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People who try to work together fail to do it well, so I help them understand why this happens, so that they can do better.

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[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I (a software engineer) sit at a table and pound my fingers against an object for many hours a day. That’s it.

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

I am an IT Technician, I guess I would explain my job as being a scollar and a teacher.

[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

"I make money by typing things in modern typewriter."

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[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Im a process auditor, so they would probably understand but would think my job is not necessary ( can't blame)

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