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Don't fall for the trap (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Relative: You know about computers, right?

Me: I'm not sure. Who knows about computers, really? In the words of W.S. McCulloch, "What is a number, that a man may know it, and a man, that he may know a number?" (if you'll pardon the gendered language) Now if you extend this to computation...

Relative: All right, STFU, I just wanted to know how to update my Amazon account...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

What is a number, that a man may know it?

Lets start with natural numbers and define the integers, rational, real and complex numbers as solutions to certain equations.

and a man, that he may know a number?

Now you asked for to much.