The OP appears to conflate them, so I did too, see: “(Easy to verify if you’ve done Problem 2.)”, but there is no problem 2, just an exercise 2. My comment “distinguish between problems 3 and 4″ should really have read “distinguish between exercises 3 and 4”, sorry.
I hadn’t realized that for some number less than infinite iterations (and every higher number) in problem 3, snvyher gb ybbx nurnq would be important, so my comment is based on that error on my part. I overlooked it because for all iterations less than that high number, it isn’t at all important. It is a legitimate thing to say from one with that specific wrong thought, so...whence “Lrf, V qvq erpragyl qvfnterr jvgu lbh ba n qvssrerag guernq”? I was going to say “you conflated the cases, I think you are wrong” but soft-pedaled it as much as I could, to be “you should distinguish” rather than “You are wrong” or “I think you are wrong”. It turns out I was wrong, so...?
It is a legitimate thing to say from one with that specific wrong thought, so...whence “Lrf, V qvq erpragyl qvfnterr jvgu lbh ba n qvssrerag guernq”?
I could not understand why you had been continuing to target which of 3 and 4 I was responding to when I was actually targeting “P: ”. It especially didn’t make sense to me since “Problem: ” seemed to be relevant to both 3 and 4 with 4 (just) being a somewhat exaggerated version of 3 that really emphasized the ‘paradox’. It did not occur to me that you could just be wrong about 3. Take that as flattery of your intellect!
I also didn’t pick up that you were trying to say that I was wrong in a nice way. Because the possibility that I was wrong about something so obvious just wasn’t primed as a likely intent. ;)
It turns out I was wrong, so...?
That is sad for past you but doubly good for present you because you updated when ortho explained!
The OP appears to conflate them, so I did too, see: “(Easy to verify if you’ve done Problem 2.)”, but there is no problem 2, just an exercise 2. My comment “distinguish between problems 3 and 4″ should really have read “distinguish between exercises 3 and 4”, sorry.
I hadn’t realized that for some number less than infinite iterations (and every higher number) in problem 3, snvyher gb ybbx nurnq would be important, so my comment is based on that error on my part. I overlooked it because for all iterations less than that high number, it isn’t at all important. It is a legitimate thing to say from one with that specific wrong thought, so...whence “Lrf, V qvq erpragyl qvfnterr jvgu lbh ba n qvssrerag guernq”? I was going to say “you conflated the cases, I think you are wrong” but soft-pedaled it as much as I could, to be “you should distinguish” rather than “You are wrong” or “I think you are wrong”. It turns out I was wrong, so...?
I could not understand why you had been continuing to target which of 3 and 4 I was responding to when I was actually targeting “P: ”. It especially didn’t make sense to me since “Problem: ” seemed to be relevant to both 3 and 4 with 4 (just) being a somewhat exaggerated version of 3 that really emphasized the ‘paradox’. It did not occur to me that you could just be wrong about 3. Take that as flattery of your intellect!
I also didn’t pick up that you were trying to say that I was wrong in a nice way. Because the possibility that I was wrong about something so obvious just wasn’t primed as a likely intent. ;)
That is sad for past you but doubly good for present you because you updated when ortho explained!