living computation / Dave Ackley

MACHINE MAKING



i love making machines
and running them
and changing them
and running them
cool machine cool

a machine it's
more than a tool
it's got its own take and
it's got its own way and
it does its own thing

I love running them
and watching them
and changing them
and running them
and watching til
i'm bored

oh well that was fun!

next machine new!

I LOVE MACHINES

 sorry sorry hate me
  if you must but
   i love machines
    i do

 they do what
  they do they
   do what they must

 they do what
  they do so
   pure so true

 because how
  they're built the
   sand and the rust

it's not about what we do
it's about what we overdo
and that's on us on us

MACHINE MAKING

i love machines but
they get a bad rap

but
we make them risky
we make them crap

tiny inputs mighty outputs
twitch a switch for thunderclap

we make the
big ass weapons and
we fuck up besides
manufacturing atomic
thalidomides

  but come on come on
    that's on us
    that's on us

we make machines
that damage then
we use them stupidly

  that's on us too
  it's on me and
  it's on you

build a machine to take the fall
for all our criminal intents
or anyway our incompetence

blame the machine!

the 9mm semiauto binkie
 new version!
 new version!
should not exist it really
should not exist so
punish the maker
punish the seller
punish the chain
punish the brain 

BUT I LOVE MAKING

for you and me
it's time to show!
let us see
the demo go
 new version! Hey!
 new version!

1 2 3 4 1 2 3

It don't mean a thing
if it can't do a thing

Do it do it
do it do it
demo

it's easy you know
all it got to is go

it will be more fun
when that gizmo do run

Do it do it
do it do it
demo

I LOVE MACHINES

   all actual
   machines
   need apply

a real machine is real
it does what it does
because because

because how it's built
that's what it does

 switch button trigger
 flip push pull

the machine turns on
launches us beyond
our small safe pond
shot from a soft pool
of linearity

like hot springs in winter
maybe it's cold outside

MAY BE need a blanket
MAY BE cut a tooth

I LOVE MACHINES

that try to
do lovable things

I respect machines that
run smoothly
at their jobs

especially some nifty link from
low-order spatial sensing to
low-order temporal acts

works everywhere
quick and easy

snap!
snap!

I LOVE MACHINES

because
machines do things

why do machines
do what they do

they do what they do because
they're built that way

they can't help it
you push the button
and the machine
does what it does

Maybe they're clunky
maybe they're
sticky or stiff

Maybe remember the
machines that we need
we have to maintain

    again it's true
    that's on us too

Maybe
maybe we need
to take better care


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20 Jul 2025
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