Re: On raw strings in <origin> commit field

[Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>]

Hi Liliana,

Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> writes:

> Am Sonntag, dem 02.01.2022 um 17:57 -0500 schrieb Mark H Weaver:
>> Hi Liliana,
>> 
>> Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > Am Samstag, dem 01.01.2022 um 15:37 -0500 schrieb Mark H Weaver:
>> > > Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> writes:
>> > > > > Where is the Cantor-style diagonalization argument that you
>> > > > > spoke of?
>> > > > You skipped over it, read again.  The key point is that you're
>> > > > referencing the thing you think will be invalidated to create
>> > > > your scheme.
>> > > I've carefully read your message at least 4 times, but I've been
>> > > unable to find anything resembling Cantor's diagonalization
>> > > argument in there.  Does anyone else see it?  Perhaps my powers
>> > > of recognition are too weak.
>> > Can I help your powers of recognition by describing everything in
>> > terms of Turing machines?
>> 
>> How about pointing out what acts as the diagonal in your reasoning?
> If you are talking specifically about the uncountability of real
> numbers, that'd be quite deep down (as in an uncountability of push
> actions to a particular Git repo, particularly if we also allow
> reinitialization).

Hmm.  I think that the set of push actions to a particular Git repo is
countable, even if we allow reinitialization.  What makes you think that
it's uncountable?  I'd be very curious to see your argument for that.

> My overview was admittedly too high-level; I jumped
> ahead to the "this sentence is a lie" statement, which is "I trust,
> that this tag which I don't trust, resolves to a particular commit". 
> Mea culpa.

I appreciate these words, thank you.

     Regards,
       Mark

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