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by KnobbleMcKnees 1094 days ago
Your rarity is another man's frequency. Defining all programming in terms of long drawn out creative endeavours isn't very useful, which is the point I was making to begin with.
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sokoloff 1094 days ago
The quote doesn’t say that no programming tasks can be done in blocks of an hour, but rather that programming well cannot.
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KnobbleMcKnees 1093 days ago
The quote says "generally prefer". What programmer generally prefers a half day to complete a sub-hour task?
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smallnix 1094 days ago
Yes, both of you only contributed anecdotes and no data. (Neither did I)
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