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esafak • today at 5:38 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

You talk like it fell out of the sky. Every result you've ever used was proposed by a mathematician.

> I'm glad we don't call them Turning machines for instance.

Are you referring to a Turing machine; the abstract model of a computer, actually named after someone? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_machine

Your bizarre position seems to be that not knowing history somehow makes you more effective? This is honestly the dumbest take I have read all week.


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grandpajoey • today at 5:41 PM

I think all of the insults I'm receiving in this thread are helping to make my point.