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by svieira 420 days ago
I am not sure if you are serious, but I literally DO this, not just for multiplication, but for lots of automatable things.
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Same here. I stopped writing in cursive in high school and completely lost the ability, and it was difficult to learn again as an adult when I wanted to. I don't want to lose basic skills like multiplication, and exercising them occasionally prevents that.
I started journaling in cursive after taking a 40-year break from it. I've gotten better, and am now faster at writing cursive than non.

Even losing programming skills to AI... I'll bet we can get them back.

Definitely easier to not lose them in the first place, though.

Love your surname dude (also your religion). AMDG