MrMind comments on Open thread, Sep. 26 - Oct. 02, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MrMind 11 October 2016 01:51:34PM 0 points [-]

Oh! This point had evaded me: I thought x encoded the program and the input, not just the entire history.
So U, instead of executing, just locates the last thing written on tape according to x and repeat it.
Well, I'm disappointed... at U and at myself.