[–] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah, it sort of depends on the definition of the word file. "File" in the sense that it can be interacted with like a file versus "file" in the sense that it's data on a disk. But then, if you're really thinking about it, data on a disk isn't a file, it's data, and we can just interact with it like a file.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    It feels pretty reductive to say something doesn't have original ideas. Pretty much every story has been told in one way or another at this point in history, especially if we get really reductive about it. It doesn't mean things can't be interesting or unique.

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  • [–] 52 points 2 months ago (9 children)

    It makes more sense when you realize that it's not that everything is files it's that everything can be treated as a file. There are other APIs to interact with things, but everything can be interacted with as if it was a file. It doesn't seem as bonkers like this.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Thanks! It's none of those, unfortunately. But you did get me closer. The character's name is Martinez, I think. Based on one of these. It was very long, I remember that. Like you definitely had to scroll to see it all (and that was on a monitor too).

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