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lawn on Nov 8, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Writing a Compiler is Surprisingly Easy (part 1)

People always think that what they dont understand is magic, and when they do understand it they think its simple.

For example: React, Operating Systems, AI, CSS and assembly.

j16sdiz on Nov 8, 2023 | [–]

For AI, it is magic all the way down.

Understand how the math work is one level. Understanding _why_ the math work is another level.

lawn on Nov 8, 2023 | | [–]

For some flavors of AI it's not simple, true.

fud101 on Nov 9, 2023 | [–]

React is simple?

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