alt Hacker NewsI'm old enough to remember computers being pitched as devices that can do tedious math for us. Now we have to do tedious math for them apparently.
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darepublic • yesterday at 3:00 PM
I'm sure you would like to memorize all kinds of API instead of having something idiot proof and straightforward
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OJFord • yesterday at 8:05 PM
No no no, see now we just say "computer! do tedious math!", and it will do some slightly different math for us and compliment us on having asked it to do so.
moralestapia • yesterday at 3:33 PM
Hey that's a great joke, you made me spill my morning home-brewed kombucha.
I'm going to steal that one for my JavaScript monthly developers meetup.
Is it ok if I attribute it to "Xirdus on Hacker News"?
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Hence the way I would do it (and have for other purposes), as stated in my final sentence. Have the human state the intent and convert to your own internally preferred units as needed.