Post #1621371
2026-03-11 11:49 UTC
@virtulis
> I'm the one doing the renaming
You're *requesting* that it be renamed. If the silicon wafer doesn't make the right electrons flip about, that name isn't going to change, whatever you might have to say about it.
This is true if you issue the instruction in assembly, or even pure binary. It's an invocation to a nonhuman agent system, not an action (although typing in the binary is an action).
@eltonfc
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@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz 2026-03-11 11:53
BTW this is a great example of how languages aren't just neutral containers for meaning. They encode philosophies, which become implicit in what's being said. This becomes obvious to fluent speakers of 2 or more languages, but is often invisible to the monolingual. Even to those who learn a bit of vocab and a few stock phrases in other languages (eg I'd like a beer, where is the toilet, bring me the bill). #philosophy #language #semiotics