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262 points bschne | 2 comments | 03 Jul 25 20:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.439s | source
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jkhalaj ◴[03 Jul 25 22:29 UTC] No.44459680[source]▶
Knitting is programming. Read a knitting pattern and it's low level programming - knitters do not get enough credit.
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charcircuit ◴[04 Jul 25 00:55 UTC] No.44460327[source]▶
By that logic any instructions is programming and everyone on earth are programmers.
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1. yjftsjthsd-h ◴[04 Jul 25 03:43 UTC] No.44460977[source]▶
Instructions to machines probably are. Instructions to humans aren't because humans interpret things themselves and exercise free will in execution.
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2. 2muchcoffeeman ◴[04 Jul 25 04:59 UTC] No.44461245[source]▶
Written knitting instructions would benefit from a bit of standardisation and a system for depicting unusual stitches.