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8 pointsseandenigris11y ago4 comments

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A computer is a machine which you can use to "simulate" a set of rule. Any other definition is just pure fantasy and hand waving.

I like the fact that i's purely syntactic reordering between two encodings.

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A hammer is just a long handle with a piece of metal on the end, but if you're not building something valuable with it, who cares?

dang11y ago

"Programmers: You Probably Don’t Know What a Computer Is" is too baity a title for Hacker News.

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A computer is a machine which you can use to "simulate" a set of rule. Any other definition is just pure fantasy and hand waving.

I like the fact that i's purely syntactic reordering between two encodings.

    2 > __x_
    1 > ___x
         |
        (ADD)
         |
    3 < __xx

A hammer is just a long handle with a piece of metal on the end, but if you're not building something valuable with it, who cares?

dang11y ago

"Programmers: You Probably Don’t Know What a Computer Is" is too baity a title for Hacker News.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse