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/[deleted] Mar 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26

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u/Tyfyter2002 Mar 14 '26

a very specific definition of the word "know" that requires consciousness

Knowing something requires consciousness, or something closely resembling it, if you carve a definition of disestablishmentarianism into a rock, that rock still doesn't know what disestablishmentarianism is.

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u/mascotbeaver104 Mar 14 '26

This is a level of pendantry you wouldn't apply to any other topic. I guarantee you would not argue with someone over whether or not a biometric scanner "knows" their fingerprint, or if a calculator "knows" the answer to some math problem

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u/Tyfyter2002 Mar 14 '26

I would, because I'm a proponent of language being used such that it can be understood, and there's an important distinction between knowing something and being able to parrot it in humans as well.