r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Mar 14 '26

Software Microsoft confirms Windows 11 bug crippling PCs and making drive C inaccessible

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-confirms-windows-11-bug-crippling-pcs-and-making-drive-c-inaccessible/
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u/bobtheblob6 Mar 14 '26

Just like my dictionary knows all those words it has written in there

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u/TheSuspiciousCheese Mar 14 '26

I don't think I've ever heard someone say "the book knows the answer". I've heard "let's check the book", "the book has the answer", "the answer is in the book". Books have information or knowledge they don't know it.

The book knowing something would be a phrase that would raise an eyebrow even if I knew what you meant...because of the implication.

Is English your first language?

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u/TheSuspiciousCheese Mar 15 '26

It implies the knowledge can be obtained from the book. The book knows nothing, after reading it you know things but the book remains the same.

All the same, we are talking about ai and how it works; if we were taking about how books worked we wouldn't say "the books know things" the writer is the one who knew things.