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Sometimes, it's backwards (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] -3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is like saying before you can be a writer, you need to understand latin and the history of language.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    You should if you want to be a science writer or academic, which lets be honest is a better comparison here. If your job involves latin for names and descriptions then you probably should take at least a year or two of latin if you don't want to make mistakes here and there out of ignorance.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Before you can be a writer, you need to sharpen your own pencil.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I like informing yourself about the note taking app you're writing with a little more. It makes it a bit more obvious that it's kind of obvious but can have many advantages.

    Personally though I don't really see upside of building a computer as you could also just research things and not build it or vice versa. (Maybe it's good for looking at bug reports?)

    A 30 minute explanation on how CPUs work that I recently got to listen in on was likely more impactful on my C/assembly programming than building my own computer was.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    you wouldn't want somebody that hates animals to become a veterinarian just because of money-lust. the animals would suffer, the field as a whole, too. maybe they start buying up veterinary offices and squeeze the business for everything they can, resulting in worse outcomes- more animals dying and suffering, workers get shorted on benefits and pay.

    people chasing money ruin things. we want an industry full of people that want to actually build things.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I don't really see the connection to my comment.

    In this example wouldn't the programmer be more of a pharmacist? (The animal body the computer and its brain the user?)

    Your statement is not wrong, it just seems unrelated.

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