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Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?

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Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 28, 2023 at 3:51 pm
(October 28, 2023 at 3:00 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: I don't understand that meme.

And, not a single person was surprised...
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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 28, 2023 at 4:09 pm
(October 28, 2023 at 3:00 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote:
(October 28, 2023 at 11:17 am)Angrboda Wrote: [Image: 1520177979581?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=kr72...Xc6Q6MqAdA]

I don't understand that meme. Oompa-loompas are the dwarves working in a chocolate factory in "Charlie and Chocolate Factory".

*sigh* 

Read.The.Caption.

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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 28, 2023 at 4:42 pm
Is that required? Huh
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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 28, 2023 at 5:33 pm
(October 28, 2023 at 3:51 pm)Ravenshire Wrote:
(October 28, 2023 at 3:00 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: I don't understand that meme.

And, not a single person was surprised...

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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 29, 2023 at 8:58 am
(October 28, 2023 at 4:09 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(October 28, 2023 at 3:00 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: I don't understand that meme. Oompa-loompas are the dwarves working in a chocolate factory in "Charlie and Chocolate Factory".

*sigh* 

Read.The.Caption.

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I've read it and it makes absolutely no sense. How do engineers don't think and dream?
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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 29, 2023 at 9:25 am
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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 29, 2023 at 11:05 am
(October 29, 2023 at 9:25 am)FlatAssembler Wrote:
(October 28, 2023 at 11:22 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: What difference does it make? Engineering is the practical application of scientific principles.

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So, is applied linguistics engineering?

Yes it is. There are people who work as linguistics engineers. As a computerist, you should know that.

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#18
RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 29, 2023 at 11:07 am
(October 29, 2023 at 8:58 am)FlatAssembler Wrote:
(October 28, 2023 at 4:09 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: *sigh* 

Read.The.Caption.

Boru

I've read it and it makes absolutely no sense. How do engineers don't think and dream?

It makes perfect sense. The character Sheldon Cooper - a theoretical physicist - has disdain for engineers. 

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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 29, 2023 at 11:08 am
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RE: Is CS a science or engineering, or maybe something else?
October 29, 2023 at 11:15 am
(October 29, 2023 at 9:25 am)FlatAssembler Wrote:
(October 28, 2023 at 11:22 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: What difference does it make? Engineering is the practical application of scientific principles.

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So, is applied linguistics engineering?

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