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When I was reading about Turing Completeness as a child, I remarked to my mother that "Computers can do anything". She quickly told me that wasn't right. I went
by billpg 4y ago
When I was reading about Turing Completeness as a child, I remarked to my mother that "Computers can do anything". She quickly told me that wasn't right. I went back and thought about what I actually meant. My revised statement was "Computers can do anything that computers can do", which sounds significantly less grand.
- kytazo 4y ago> My revised statement was "Computers can do anything that computers can do", which sounds significantly less grand. Unless they're quantum computers where they may as well create a wormhole or something https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33802711 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33802711