I think the original mention of the Y Combinator was in reference to "The Y Comb...

barkmadley on March 24, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Poll: Do you think that the mind is physical or no...

I think the original mention of the Y Combinator was in reference to "The Y Combinator" [1] which is implementable in hardware. A community website cannot be implemented in hardware because it is not implemented in isolation of the people who use it.

*1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed_point_combinator#Y_combin...

Mz on March 24, 2011 [–]

Ah, I see. Thanks.