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What a Computer Really Is (seandenigris.com)
8 points by seandenigris 4114 days ago
2 comments
ankurdhama 4114 days ago
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.
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agumonkey 4114 days ago
I like the fact that i's purely syntactic reordering between two encodings.

    2 > __x_
    1 > ___x
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        (ADD)
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    3 < __xx
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seandenigris 4114 days ago
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?
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dang 4114 days ago
"Programmers: You Probably Don’t Know What a Computer Is" is too baity a title for Hacker News.
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