Re:Mathematics I Use (2012)
by andrewflnr on Friday April 20, 2018 @04:37PM
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Like, they think computers are just invincible problem solvers, or can't even really comprehend the question? I can't grok what it means to not believe in NP completeness.
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That developers can do anything if we stop complaining and get to work.
No, in fact we've proven there are a lot of things we can't do, and oceans of things that are theoretically possible but completely impractical to do (another class of people mistake intractable for impossible, but for small enough N sometimes it is both possible and worthwhile).