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Simple: one thing I'm learning about is RFCs for TCP/IP. I can literally go test it. It's like saying, "How do you know it is right when it says 2+2=4"? Some kn
by maybesomaybenot 2y ago
Simple: one thing I'm learning about is RFCs for TCP/IP. I can literally go test it. It's like saying, "How do you know it is right when it says 2+2=4"? Some knowledge when taught is self-correcting. Other things I'm studying, like, say, tensor calculus, I can immediately use and know I learned it correctly.
- kortilla 2y agoTCP/IP is a great example though of something you can get seemingly correct and then be subject to all kinds of failure modes in edge cases you didn’t handle correctly (fragmentation, silly windows, options changing header sizes, etc).
- maybesomaybenot 2y agoThanks for telling me how wrong I am! I bet you're fun at parties.
- namaria 2y agoThis is not a party, this is a technology forum and we prize being right
- maybesomaybenot 2y ago[flagged]