By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/06/2026What we call "programming a computer" is really "breaking down a thing that seems obvious to you into increasingly simple instructions that will be followed *to the letter*." 12/ 1284
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/06/2026Computers are like the genies of legend, bloody-minded literalists who will do *exactly* what you say, in the way that is perversely furthest from what you *mean*. 13/ 1327
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/06/2026To get a computer to do *anything*, *you* must first understand it to a degree that far exceeds the understanding needed to explain something to any other human, even a small child. 14/ 1223
