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I get where you are coming from, but imagine if every other "to the human" process description we had was done this way. I actually think this would be a fun o
by taeric 4y ago
I get where you are coming from, but imagine if every other "to the human" process description we had was done this way.
I actually think this would be a fun one. How to make scrambled eggs, but where all failure cases are covered. Would be the "Hal fixes a lightbulb" in prose.
- sowbug 4y agoThat gets to the original promise of computers, doesn't it? That they'd perform repetitive tasks quickly and reliably. Meanwhile, every time I make scrambled eggs, there is a small but very real chance that my house burns down. And we accept this because to err is human.
- taeric 4y agoSorta? But a lot can be packed away in "other directions." Most recipes, for example, assume that setup/teardown is intrinsic to the kitchen. As such, to know the procedures to do those things, you would look somewhere else. That is, you aren't accepting a risk that things will go wrong. You have moved what to do about many exceptions to somewhere else.