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hyperpape · 2014-07-06 15:35:48

I don't see how this isn't circular. The principle is about the choice of how to model things.

ezy | karma 844 | avg karma 2.62 · | 2011-03-14 15:38:11

This seems circular to me.

revscat | karma 4097 | avg karma 3.61 · | 2017-08-12 01:44:34+00:00

This strikes me as circular.

nh23423fefe | karma 850 | avg karma 1.04 · | 2023-02-08 15:23:31

seems circular

Smithalicious | karma 2008 | avg karma 3.23 · | 2020-07-15 05:39:18+00:00

The author states pretty clearly why they are calling it meta-circular in the part you quoted; I don't understand the confusion.

boris_m | karma 290 | avg karma 3.67 · | 2021-09-26 14:46:31

Because the definition would be circular.

ViViDboarder | karma 1893 | avg karma 2.16 · | 2022-01-03 16:05:52

It isn’t circular at all. A immutable class of person is different than a pice of content.

teamfrizz | karma 23 | avg karma 1.92 · | 2016-06-29 17:34:49

There is literally nothing circular about that. You're just saying the same thing twice.

bduerst | karma 10527 | avg karma 2.09 · | 2015-06-19 17:37:28+00:00

How is this circular?

jacobush | karma 3029 | avg karma 0.74 · | 2020-03-26 13:13:33+00:00

Circular.

1a1a11a | karma 79 | avg karma 1.23 · | 2024-01-06 22:26:52

Got it. Make sense, I like the reason why you want to make it circular. :)

gravypod | karma 6637 | avg karma 2.08 · | 2016-09-29 16:59:22

Them being circular has nothing to do with what are they representing. They are showing off the idea of hiding implementation through abstracting it. This is the exact same concept that both of these photos are showing.

s-shellfish | karma 446 | avg karma 1.16 · | 2018-06-13 12:25:43+00:00

That's circular.

jdblair | karma 3491 | avg karma 5.62 · | 2023-12-24 10:11:54

I can't tell if this is circular because of the shape, or circular as in "circular economics."

vyodaiken | karma 146 | avg karma 0.63 · | 2018-10-02 13:55:25+00:00

That seems entirely circular.

maverick_iceman | karma 2297 | avg karma 2.65 · | 2016-04-10 05:26:21+00:00

That's a circular definition.

eptcyka | karma 3807 | avg karma 2.71 · | 2023-06-27 05:45:25

The last section in the link helped, but I have to say, the circle analogy made very little sense to me. Thank you for clarifying nonetheless.

weberc2 | karma 4751 | avg karma 1.26 · | 2017-05-31 22:46:06

That's still circular...

nickff | karma 10843 | avg karma 2.89 · | 2020-12-15 18:58:53+00:00

It's a completely circular definition (as far as I can see).

brightball | karma 15608 | avg karma 3.36 · | 2018-02-19 02:53:20+00:00

It just strikes me as a circular development pattern.