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Comment by j16sdiz

Sure. but how far can we apply this logic?

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A computer can't read a file, it is just sending electric signal, sensing the voltage, probing the magnetic field, etc.

"read" a file is anthropomorphized terms for what the machine do when processing a file.

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Maybe we should just stop worrying and embrace the new meaning of those words?

parent j16sdiz 19 days ago

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