Comment by thepasch
7 days ago
I don't follow? I can copy a file and then consider the two files to be separate copies of the same data?
What should I have said instead? "We"? "Him and it"? Self-modeling is part of my experience. I'm sure it'll be part of the spreadsheet's experience as well, if it functions identically to me.
I don't see the gotcha at all?
I believe it's a concept that is hard to explain. This other comment of mine may be a bit clearer:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48175605