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[-] HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago

the purpose of a computer that can manage heat is to compute,

Exactly. Its purpose isn't "generating heat", although it sure does that. Likewise, the purpose of cars isn't "crashing", although some do crash. That doesn't make it htier purpose though.

[-] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago

Again, unless it's broken in which case its purpose is just "generating heat" seems like you're just tripped up by some semantic understanding of the word purpose. Also what is the purpose of a car that has already crashed, do you think the purpose of a wrecked car is to drive it?

You do realize there's an entire concept surrounding the word "purpose" that you're just willfully missing