Ersei, the developer behind this so-called Cloud Native Computer, says the project was primarily a “silly” pursuit. There is also a problem with booting from Google Drive currently being very slow. However, the dev also boasts that “the possibilities are endless” and would welcome any companies or individuals who wish to get in contact and discuss commercializing this project or something related to it.

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      The cloud is many computers with a redundancy, you putting multiple PCs in remote locations so you can access when one goes down….?

      One requires two physical computers, while one requires one and the cloud. Not a hard concept here or anything people.

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        The joke is about what exactly you’re doing with the cloud with no physical computer in front of you.

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            Because you said “not need a physical computer”. If there is no physical computer, with what device are you accessing the cloud?

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                No one is arguing against its redundancy. We are saying you still need your own physical device to access the cloud. Whether its a computer, phone, or anything else. That was the joke.

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                Traditional computing involves a computer on a desk. If everything is in the cloud, and there is no physical computer, then there is nothing on the desk. How do you access the cloud with a bare desk? That is the joke. Presumably you meant that there is no singular server, and a deliberate misinterpretation like the other commenter’s is a form of humor (Brône, 2008).

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                    Sometimes deliberate misinterpretation can be used as a linguistic device (Wang, 2008). Perhaps you consider that trolling or derailing, but regardless of whether or not you appreciate the joke, to continue in the thread does not contribute to a productive discussion.

                    One study found that troll-like responses “deviate from expectations” and “easily capture unsuspecting users’ attention and manage to prolong futile conversations interminably” (Paakki, 2021). Perhaps it is your comments that deviate from community expectations and are prolonging futile conversations? Does it count as trolling if it’s not intentional? Appendix 1 shares the author’s criteria, so I suppose you can try applying them yourself.

                    Personally, I’m finding this interaction positively fascinating. I’m a little disappointed I couldn’t easily find a more relevant analysis on linguistic humor, but that article by Henna Paakki actually looks really interesting. I highly recommend reading it, I’m only halfway through the introduction and I’m already hooked. For me, it’s absolutely been productive. I’m going to print that paper out and make it some night reading. Thanks!

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          Okay so you should comprehend how multiple “computers” allow a redundancy over a single one.

          Yeah….?

          You can’t access a remote physical computer without internet either? So what’s your point here?

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              I do, clearly you don’t if you need to ask the question.

              So what are you doing here exactly? You’re not adding to the discussion, so that would make you a troll, no?

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                  What is so hard to understand about one needing two full physical computers, while one needs a single full physical computer?

                  refusing to answer

                  I did answer and the statement wasn’t nonsense. What’s hard to understand about the difference between two and one…?

                  One has redundancy and one doesn’t… not shockingly they are different things for this reason……