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Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:29 pm
by ratammer
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There could be no doubt now. Only as many people as possible had a chance of saving the world. Jormundall considered that a challenge - just finding the perfect warrior would have been much easier than finding and training one thousand willing participants. "Like herding cats" he grumbled.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 12:20 am
by Jplus
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There was no doubt possible. Saving the world was a matter of seconds now. Jourmundall did not hesitate. "Like herding a flock of cats", he grumbled.
I suck at my own game.
Freddino18 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 7:29 am
Hand prosthesis? Really?
That was reconstructive memory at work. I couldn't remember the actual attribute, but substituted a different attribute that I associate with pirates (because of Captain Hook and the likes).
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:52 am
by somitomi
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There was no doubt possible, saving the world was a matter of seconds. Jormundall did not hesitate. "It's like herding a flock of cats" he grumbled
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:39 pm
by The Snide Sniper
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There was no doubt possible, saving the world was a matter of seconds. "Just like herding a flock of cats", he said.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 4:36 pm
by LingEarth
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There was no doubt possible, saving the world in a matter of seconds. "Just like Captain America," he said.
Edit: commentary on what I just typed...
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In that last part, I half-remembered something from the
last sentence rather than this one.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 6:57 pm
by Jplus
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There was no doubt possible, saving the world in seconds. "Just like Captain America", he said.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 7:02 pm
by Jplus
I'm seeing a pattern where long texts degrade very quickly to shorter texts and then gradually stabilize, until they are short enough that somebody can faithfully reproduce them. Should we try to invent some way to ensure that the length of the text stays at a sweet spot, where we don't forget half of the text right away but some drifting still occurs?
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:58 pm
by ratammer
The version of this thread on the old forum had a rule where, if your text was under a certain length, you had to add words to it (in any positions) until it was above that length again.
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There was no doubt possible, saving the world in seconds. "Just like Captain America," he said.
Looks like I have a perfect reproduction, but I'll wait on any rule revisions before starting a new run.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 4:44 pm
by Jplus
Yes I remember that rule. Do you think it worked well?
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 10:50 pm
by ratammer
Yes, I do.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:27 am
by Jplus
Something like this, then? To be inserted after rule 3:
If you produced less than 20 words, take some creative liberty to bring the total number of words back between 20 and 24.
The "start a new text if you go under 10 words" in rule 3 would disappear under this modification.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 12:13 pm
by ratammer
I'd be happy with that.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:29 pm
by Jplus
Updated! Please feel welcome to start the next run.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:35 pm
by ratammer
Thanks!
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"Stop!" she shouted as she burst into the room. "You can't operate on that dog - he's an alien!" Then she paused in fear as she took in the appearance of the veterinary surgeons, who clicked their mandibles derisively and rolled their eyestalks.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2023 8:46 pm
by Jplus
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"Stop", she yelled as she burst into the room, "that dog is an alien!". She realized she may have spoken before her turn, as she noticed that the veterinary surgeons were clicking their mandibles derisively and rolling their eyestalks.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 9:26 am
by somitomi
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"Stop" she yelled as she burst into the room "That doog is an alien". She noticed she migth've spoken out of her turn as the veterinary surgeons were clicking their mandibles at her derisively.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:25 pm
by Jplus
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"Stop", she yelled as she burst into the room, "that doog is an alien!". She felt she may have spoken out of turn, because the surgeons were clicking their mandibles derisively.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:04 pm
by ratammer
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"Stop!" she yelled as she burst into the room. "That doog is an alien!" She felt she must have spoken out of turn, as the surgeons were clicking their mandibles derisively.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 1:08 pm
by LingEarth
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"Stop!" she cried as the entered the room. "The doog is an alien!" She must have thought she had spoken out of turn, as all the surgeons clicked their mandibles together derisively.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:27 pm
by Jplus
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"Stop", she yelled as she entered the room, "that doog is an alien!". She must have thought she had talked out of her turn, as the surgeons were clicking their mandibles derisively.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 10:02 am
by somitomi
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"Stop" she yelled as she burst into the room "that doog is an alien!". She must've thought she spoke out of her turn because the surgeons were clicking their mandibles derisively,
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 11:57 pm
by Jplus
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"Stop", she yelled as the entered the room, "that doog is an alien!". She must have thought she spoke before her turn, because the surgeons were clicking their mandibles derisively.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 12:31 pm
by LingEarth
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"Stop!" she called as the entered the room. "That doog is an alien!" She must have thought before she spoke, because all the surgeons were clicking their mandibles together derisively.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 5:46 pm
by heuristically_alone
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"Stop!" she called to the doog. "I am alive in another room." Her mandibles sweetly lay as the time move past smoothly.
Re: Read once quickly, then remember and reproduce
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 10:59 pm
by Jplus
This game is really difficult.
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"Stop!" she said to the doog, "I am alive in the other room!" She clicked her mandibles as they lay smoothly forward.