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Re:Sand dunes can 'communicate' with each other by nkrisc on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @01:13PM (#22249502)
If we accept that to use the word "communicate" to describe something is to anthropomorphize it, then I absolutely can just give it a name. I shall name it Clippy. However it does not, then my computer will not receive a name.

But in all seriousness I'm not sure if you're joking or just didn't read the comment I replied to. I don't think there's a time against asking if someone read a comment!

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Re:Sand dunes can 'communicate' with each other by DonHopkins on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @01:35PM (#22249733)
I give all of my variables and functions and files good names. Does that mean I anthropomorphize them? (I do, but that's beside the point!)
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Re:Sand dunes can 'communicate' with each other by nkrisc on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @02:48PM (#22250360)
Well now that you've got me thinking about, maybe it does. Perhaps I should be more considerate of how I use my variables. They may have feelings, after all.
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