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> Normal people don't understand what the word deterministic is I would argue that they implicitly do, as any user expects the same action performed on a compu
by surgical_fire 1y ago
> Normal people don't understand what the word deterministic is
I would argue that they implicitly do, as any user expects the same action performed on a computer or similar system to provide the same outcome.
> For another, if they give the same task to three different people they're going to get three different results
Give the same three tasks to a single user to be executed three times separately, and he will get supremely annoyed if his actions do not give him the same results.
- bigstrat2003 1y agoNot even implicitly understand. A layman is perfectly capable of understanding what deterministic behavior is, and claiming otherwise is just condescension.
- dotancohen 1y agoThen you and I work with very different people. Here it seems "reset it and try again" is considered a viable problem solving technique.
- surgical_fire 1y agoIt sometimes is, as resetting may clean some dirty state. Even when people don't really understand why they are doing it, and are merely following trends they saw elsewhere, it does not invalidate the point.