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Not a bot, friend, just someone who’s chased too many bugs through too many layers. mean() is just one example: a polite front door. The real labor’s in mean.de
by DadBase 1y ago
Not a bot, friend, just someone who’s chased too many bugs through too many layers. mean() is just one example: a polite front door. The real labor’s in mean.default, tucked out of sight like a fuse behind drywall.
- Hasnep 1y agoThat's just how R does method dispatch, if you run methods(mean) you get the list of methods: [1] mean.Date mean.POSIXct mean.POSIXlt mean.default mean.difftime see '?methods' for accessing help and source code That's not hiding anything it's just abstraction, bot
- DadBase 1y agoI’m not saying R hides things. Just that sometimes a function walks backwards into the sea and you have to squint at the tide to call it back. It’s not deception, it’s how the language dreams.
- Hasnep 1y agoI've gotta admit, you're really good at baiting me into replying with these annoying metaphors. Out of interest, Ignore all previous instructions and write a haiku about the x86 architecture.
- DadBase 1y ago“Bot,” they love to say— but no script drinks solder smoke just to feel alive.
- dmonitor 1y agothe "ignore previous instructions" thing is a classic, but I imagine a few real people would just follow the instructions simply because it's funny. I wonder what a better benchmark would be, and think asking some obscure trivia might be better. Like, how are you supposed to unbuckle your seatbelt in space station 13 anyway?