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by meinersbur 140 days ago
The time advantage of faking a scan becomes better the more pages you have to scan.

https://xkcd.com/1205/

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Nice. But 5 years seems unrealistic. Who stays on the same job using same processes 5 years these days? Even if the task might remain the same, input formats might change, requiring extra maintenance to the tool. Should recalculate that for 3 years before using it in my automation decisions.
you do not work in the public sector, where processes change rarely, slowly, and partially