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recursive · 2015-07-30 10:58:55

It seems unlikely that it's actually implemented that way.

kleiba | karma 8953 | avg karma 3.49 · | 2022-12-07 06:44:45

Not saying it's infeasible, I just don't believe that the person who posted that bit actually did implement it.

gzer0 | karma 4709 | avg karma 8.35 · | 2020-01-13 17:50:44

That does not mean it isn't possible; the implementation simply has not occurred.

pcwalton | karma 42908 | avg karma 5.48 · | 2017-11-15 18:01:22

You can't implement it soundly.

nathias | karma 637 | avg karma 0.39 · | 2021-01-27 10:15:36+00:00

There would be no issue if this was plausible in practice, but its not.

anandnair | karma 56 | avg karma 0.65 · | 2023-06-08 11:25:37

I don't think there is a foolproof way to tackle this.

ghostly_s | karma 3338 | avg karma 2.84 · | 2023-01-09 14:35:00

This site makes it sound like even that won't be possible, which I find a questionable claim (see my top-level comment).

jhickok | karma 419 | avg karma 2.0 · | 2021-06-28 19:30:01+00:00

Technically, I don't see why it would be impossible. Seems like it is incredibly unlikely.

duxup | karma 38842 | avg karma 3.68 · | 2022-08-19 10:47:16

Anything is possible, but that doesn't mean it should be automatic as proposed.

trasz | karma 2810 | avg karma 0.93 · | 2022-03-31 16:42:43

Tbh I’d think there would be (technical) mechanisms in place to make this impossible.

earenndil | karma 1974 | avg karma 1.51 · | 2018-03-14 03:42:02+00:00

It's unclear that that's possible, though.

eloff | karma 14985 | avg karma 3.31 · | 2019-06-08 02:57:24+00:00

This doesn't seem possible to me.

mannykannot | karma 12335 | avg karma 1.96 · | 2023-07-25 10:51:02

Experience has led me to believe that if they cannot do it this way, it is unlikely they can do it any way.

_benedict | karma 654 | avg karma 2.29 · | 2015-05-01 09:51:05

Sure, it's 100% possible in theory. We just have absolutely no basis of a clue of a glimmer of an idea of how to do it yet, so it's currently a conjecture in practice.

_greim_ | karma 1926 | avg karma 3.0 · | 2014-06-25 16:57:19+00:00

I was wondering this too. I expect/hope the answer would be "we're working on it" in most cases, but I worry it would be "it simply isn't possible" in some or most scenarios.

cactusplant7374 | karma 848 | avg karma 1.1 · | 2023-02-02 20:07:00

Also curious about this… It seems impossible.

Canada | karma 3400 | avg karma 2.8 · | 2020-11-09 11:03:37+00:00

That system simply isn't possible, or at least there are no candidates for such a mechanism at this time.

loeg | karma 21759 | avg karma 2.57 · | 2019-01-11 05:33:41

Well, it's theoretically possible. And that would be nice. But it isn't the reality.

gotofritz | karma 577 | avg karma 1.83 · | 2016-09-23 21:24:23

It CAN'T be implemented, that's the point

drdeca | karma 2245 | avg karma 1.09 · | 2022-05-07 23:52:11

I agree that the arguments for it being impossible are, rather unconvincing.

However, I do think there is an important difference between "in principle" and "in practice".

I agree that there does not seem to be any fundamental obstacle that would necessarily prevent it. But at the same time, I'm not convinced it will ever be achieved.

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