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[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

If you just clone a reference to them, then you are just pointing another finger at them.

Is this really an analogy that resonates with programmers today?

[–] peter@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you clone a reference to someone you have a completey separate body but any actions taken affect the original as well

[–] Darken@reddthat.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I believe it is just a wormhole pointing to the original so even if it may look like another body it's just the original being manipulated through the warped spacetime continuum

[–] 30isthenew29@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why would the clone be connected…?

[–] wallace@suppo.fi 2 points 2 years ago

Because it's only a reference to the original.