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I think a more apt comparison would be to tell a classically trained English speaking chef to write out obscure recipes in French
by Elof 5y ago
I think a more apt comparison would be to tell a classically trained English speaking chef to write out obscure recipes in French
- ljm 5y agoThe HN Law of Analogical Accuracy: for each attempt at an analogy, an attempt at a more accurate yet more abstract analogy exists in a reply.
- FridgeSeal 5y agoIf it continues long enough, so we eventually reach a point where the original situation is used as the analogy?
- quacked 5y agoHilarious. "... Okay, but this is more like if instead of on a cruise ship in Borneo, the monkey is a guy at an engineering interview who only has JavaScript on his resume, and the recruiter is making him implement linked lists in C."
- rixed 5y agoIt actually happened already, right down below: > It'd be a bit like 'someone else has set up a software development environment for you, now write some code' I suppose.
- ljm 5y agoIt just goes round in circles for eternity; the never-ending search for the Aptest of Comparisons.