the-podcast guy recently linked this essay, its old, but i don't think its significantly wrong (despite gpt evangelists) also read weizenbaum, libs, for the other side of the coin

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[–] m532@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

When I want to recall a song, I have to remember one part, and then I can play it in my head. However, I can't just skip to the end.

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[–] plinky@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So if second verse plays you can’t sing along until your brain parses through previous verses? I find it rather hard to believe

[–] m532@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

Just because linked lists are usually implemented with a starting point doesn't mean they have to. Content + a pointer to the next object is all that's needed for an element of a linked list. It could even be cyclic.