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Taking this to the next level: I come across people all the time that put tremendous effort into building similes for... everything. Not every concept needs an
by daigoba66 11y ago
Taking this to the next level: I come across people all the time that put tremendous effort into building similes for... everything. Not every concept needs an analogy to be understood if we can explain things using correct and simple language.
- stephengillie 11y agoAnalogizing computing actions has become something of a trope. Doing so poorly has become a running gag.
- steveklabnik 11y ago> Not every concept needs an analogy to be understood if we > can explain things using correct and simple language. That's a pretty big linguistic 'if', actually... how do you come to understand the 'correct and simple language' in the first place?
- thaumasiotes 11y agohttps://xkcd.com/895/ https://xkcd.com/895/