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0 pointsfaraggi9y ago0 comments

I don't know what he means. why 'fast idiot'?

All I come up with is you guys are lawyers?

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They're programmers, the fast idiot is a computer.

I must be slow today. I had to read this comment to know what a fast idiot is. I too work with fast idiots. But now I'm slightly embarrassed. Time for more coffee I think.

notreal559y ago

I call them idiot savants.

arghimonmobile09y ago

Computers are high-speed morons, according to folklore. If I had the source I'd quote it.

smaddox9y ago

I'm not sure he was the first, but Feynman talks about computers being really fast but dopey filers in one of his lectures for laymen.

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