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Re:I Won't Download Your App. The Web Version Is A-OK by direwolf20 on Monday April 06, 2026 @04:15PM (#47666416)
But why are filenames equated with spacetime coordinates? That doesn't make any sense - reflect on why you leaped to that analogy. The spacetime coordinates are the disk ID and sector number. We've been using operating systems that work a certain way for so long that we think filenames are like spacetime coordinates.
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Re:I Won't Download Your App. The Web Version Is A-OK by bryankaplan on Monday April 06, 2026 @07:10PM (#47668603)
The analogy is location. file : directory :: person : geocoordinates. I thought it was a straight-forward analogy, but clearly I was mistaken.
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