Codependency
heart1 = { "courage": 1.0, "fear": 0.0 }
heart2 = { "courage": 0.7, "fear": 0.3 }
def nurture(heart1, heart2):
while love:
if heart2["fear"] > heart1["courage"]:
print("Heart2 hesitates, questioning the algorithm.")
heart2["courage"] -= 0.1 # A dip in self-trust
heart2["fear"] += 0.2 # Compounded by uncertainty
elif heart1["courage"] > 0 and heart2["courage"] < 1.0:
print("Heart1 reaches out, recalibrating the loop.")
heart2["courage"] += 0.05 # Slowly rekindled hope
heart2["fear"] -= 0.1 # Fear eased by connection
else:
print("The program falters - inputs don’t match.")
love = False
break
print("Yearning persists...")
return "Loop exited: one stayed, the other stepped away."
status = nurture(heart1, heart2)
I know, I know: it's an odd pursuit, isn't it?
Trying to untangle the essence of love with logic,
To measure connection through mere computation!
And from a programmer's perspective,
this code might just be the most inefficient of all.
But sometimes, we seek patterns where there are none,
Chasing answers in loops and conditions.
If you're anything like me,
why not play along? Set your own values,
and see if this quirky little algorithm brings you any solace.
Oh, and before I forget -
This idea sprouted from someone else's brilliance,
A writer whose words wove the foundation for this playful endeavour.
I confess, I didn't seek their blessing before borrowing inspiration.
@NewbWanderer
What an amazing poem! I love how the variables shift to reflect courage and fear, and how the while loop captures the dynamics of a relationship. Using dictionaries to track emotions is such a creative way to bring programming to life! And the word play on the title👌
Nihil novum sub sole (Nothing new under the sun). Also, I think it was Mark Twain who said that there is no such thing as a new idea and I’m sure I’m not the first to use science or a bit of coding in my poems, but I appreciate the mention all the same.
Also...Wow, you code too?
Well…hello world!
My friends and I—no CS background—just decided to learn coding for funsies. Now, we’ve built a personal chatbot, a scraper, and a few other little hacks to make life easier. Got any side projects?, or do you work professionally?
# while love: write_poetry(), create_art()
@azurePond
Dearest Looper of Love, Art, and Logic,
Thank you for diving into my tangled web of courage and fear and finding meaning in the shifting variables. It’s always heartwarming to meet someone who reads between the lines of code and catches the subtleties: the dance of relationships within a while loop.
Your mention of Mark Twain and his musings on ideas not being new took me straight to the Library of Babel (the site by Jonathan Basile or the short story by Jorge Luis Borges). Isn’t it fascinating? A universe of all possible knowledge, the profound and the absurd, coexisting in endless shelves of possibilities. (The site is down these days though. Feels like the digital void itself is contemplating existence.) The thought of how we infer differently, paint on the same canvas of context in unique strokes - ah, I digress! Must anchor my wandering thoughts before they float too far.
Like you, I don’t have a CS background. And no, I wouldn’t dare call myself a “coder” just yet, more like a curious soul fiddling with machines and logic. Your versatility amazes me, though! A personal chatbot and a scraper? That’s impressive! As for me, I’ve dabbled in simpler things: recreating classic games and, most thrilling of all, simulating the legendary Enigma machine. Google was, of course, my constant mentor. These days, my projects mostly orbit around websites. But now you’ve got me wondering... what were those life hacks you created? The satisfaction they must bring! I’m truly curious.
And before I forget... the error in my poem-code. Oh, the irony! I should have declared love as global inside the nurture function. Without it, love - the very foundation of the loop - was broken. A poetic reflection, perhaps, of how sometimes, despite our best intentions, love can falter without the right declaration of intent. Hehe... Python, it seems, is the eternal mirror of life!
Finally, in the spirit of your brilliant comment, let me leave you with this:
May our loops always converge on meaning, art, and connection. 💫