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It’s not a totally fair analogy though.

Designing file systems for newer storage devices is an engineering problem that requires a lot of effort, but not a great amount of new insight.

Designing a new programming language that somehow exposes the concepts you mentioned more transparently while still being actually useful would require major, major breakthroughs and insights in PL design.

Re:Plants “panic” when it rains on Thursday October 31, 2019 @04:49AM (#21406806)
The instruction to pour water straight into the pot, and not onto the plant, always struck me as odd. Maybe it’s one of those small ancient nuggets of knowledge that we struggle to justify but just work. Might be a big leap still, but reactions like the one from this paper could justify not spraying water all over my house plants.
Re:The crisis in physics is not only about physics on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @03:52PM (#21401808)
The eye of my mind saw a pick made knitted out of wool, which was even funnier.
Re:Commas in big numbers everywhere: An OpenType adventure on Saturday October 26, 2019 @05:12AM (#21362648)
I just rotated my phone to landscape.
Re:Firefox 70 on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @10:34AM (#21324029)
Game changer! Now from my POV Firefox is the best desktop browser, period. No caveats.