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Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose?
From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman () meetinghouse net>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 12:08:33 -0500
David Bass wrote:
It becomes more clear when you think about the options out there, and get a little creative. Now a days it’s definitely chess that’s being played.And here I thought the purpose of hacking is (still) having fun - you know... hacking.
As to chess... I've begun to think that the game to master is now Go... capturing territory, not pieces, and instantaneous global state changes.
Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but no one knows why. In our lab, theory and practice are combined: nothing works and no one knows why. ... unknown
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- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose?, (continued)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? Rich Kulawiec (Dec 14)
- RE: "Hacking" these days - purpose? Ryland Kremeier (Dec 14)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? James R Cutler (Dec 14)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? Laszlo Hanyecz (Dec 14)
- RE: "Hacking" these days - purpose? Ryland Kremeier (Dec 14)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? Mark Tinka (Dec 14)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? David Bass (Dec 14)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? Mark Tinka (Dec 14)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? Laszlo Hanyecz (Dec 14)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? Mark Tinka (Dec 14)
- RE: "Hacking" these days - purpose? Ryland Kremeier (Dec 14)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? Miles Fidelman (Dec 14)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? Mark Tinka (Dec 14)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? Saku Ytti (Dec 14)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? Miles Fidelman (Dec 14)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? bzs (Dec 15)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? Mark Tinka (Dec 15)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? bzs (Dec 16)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? Mark Tinka (Dec 16)
- Re: "Hacking" these days - purpose? Donald Eastlake (Dec 15)