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Re:Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programmi... by impendia on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @10:43AM (#22946068)
Oh, no question about that. When I was a kid, I tended to assume that my parents always were available to drop what they're doing and engage with you.

(And which, incidentally, is surely a reason why many parents are finding working from home during quarantine to be so difficult.)

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Re:Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programmi... by gowld on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @03:45PM (#22949435)
Your question may have touched a nerve, if he was getting older and no longer could see sharp.
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Re:Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programmi... by heretoo on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @05:54PM (#22950593)
Or he just wanted to be flat on the couch, without being disturbed.
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Re:Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programmi... by Hermandw on Thursday April 23, 2020 @02:58AM (#22953490)
Maybe he was like me who had some degree of hearing loss when I grew older and could no longer hear C sharp.
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Re:Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programmi... by sullyj3 on Thursday April 23, 2020 @03:12AM (#22953555)
musical notes repeat once every doubling of frequencies, so there are many C#s spread throughout the range of human hearing. The only way someone could be unable to hear c# would be if they were unable to hear at all.
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Re:Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programmi... by Naracion on Thursday April 23, 2020 @05:25AM (#22954173)
Your parent and grandparent comments were (imo, clever) word plays on C# / see sharp and back to _hear_ c# (instead of see sharp).

Edit: Point being--scientific accuracy not required. :)

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Re:Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programmi... by sullyj3 on Saturday April 25, 2020 @05:14AM (#22976801)
oops!
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