Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Back To CS Basics. Fuck AI Date: 16 Oct 2026 19:27:22 GMT Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <18dee4b6cab427fa$865$2574533$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <87ik32455m.fsf@solcaium.us> <11asn32$33n8m$7@dont-email.me> <11asri6$31lan$10@dont-email.me> <11assbv$33n8m$20@dont-email.me> <11at0uk$31lan$15@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 7BLWUk6ad3VHrxamxyLZsw1GVKw+4K15jTkiT78fD4xSOwCQd1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:140ZV1rcSZsaWBJXnXb+uVjjZzI= sha256:5PCtFQQv19ND2rWXZLXSZkqjay0KUdxXuQ7uNZqyZ2g= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:93913 On Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:14:28 -0000 (UTC), Tapiro Ubriaco wrote: > On Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:56:15 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > > >>> Ah: you reduced the problem to a known one with known complexity in >>> order to derive an upper bound! :o) >> >> Typical CS remark >> >> No, we safely pulled a motor out of a forklift truck. >> >> The guy doing it was a great guy, Trained as a diesel fitter. Proper >> engineer of the old school sort. > > Mh, this reminds me that I will never wrap my head around the fact that > English uses the same word ("engineer") for a person who works with a > slide rule and a pencil and a person who works with a wrench. No, an engineer is the guy who drives the train. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfCthmyq-Ig