| ▲ | itronitron 3 days ago | |
This has nothing to do with optics, which is a branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light. | ||
| ▲ | solomonb 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
Words can have many uses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_(disambiguation) > In computer science, optics are a general class of bidirectional transformations | ||
| ▲ | dkarl 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Virtually everything in computer science is a metaphor. A computer was a human being before it was a machine. A block of memory, an array of values, an index into a structure, most of the vocabulary we use every day is built out of metaphors. | ||
| ▲ | wbl 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/lens+%28in+computer+science%29 | ||
| ▲ | signaru 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
The name, monocle, also further misleads those expecting the physics topic. They actually have a nice logo with a lens and the lambda symbol which is often the symbol used for wavelength. | ||
| ▲ | evertedsphere 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
"this has nothing to do with classes, which in sociology and related fields are strata which society can be analysed as being divided into" | ||
| ▲ | dpratt 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Imagine my disappointment when I spent the time to set up a Cassandra instance and it did not immediately materialize a demigod woman who knew the answers to everything but was cursed to have no one believe her. | ||
| ▲ | fn-mote 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
This is why I read the comments before I click on the link. :) | ||
| ▲ | Xophmeister 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
It’s a metaphor. | ||