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by nine_k
975 days ago
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Imagine that you want to make an apple pie. Normally you would buy all the components and utensils, then bake it in a pre-existing oven. But if you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you first need to create a Universe, and you likely go for the simplest Universe that supports apple pies. The overall stack would be simpler (especially if you pursue simplicity and ease of understanding as a goal), but the last step, making the actual pie, may be more involved, and the taste of the resulting pie may be not top-notch. In exchange, you have a pie which you completely understand from first principles. |
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If you ever get to it, with trying to create a Universe and all. It’s like the drum loops joke:
> I thought that using loops was cheating, so I programmed my own using samples. I then thought that using samples was cheating, so I recorded real drums. I then thought that programming them was cheating, so I learned to play the drums for real. I then thought that using purchased drums was cheating, so I learned to make my own. I then thought that using pre-made skins was cheating, so I killed a goat and skinned it. I then thought that was cheating too, so I grew my own goat from a baby goat. I also think that this is cheating, but I’m not sure where to go from here. I haven’t made any music lately, what with the goat farming and all.