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		ipaddr on Jan 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998) I think it does, just not in the things your measuring. Sitting on a couch for 10 years will make you an expert. Not an expert in sitting on couches in general but an expert in sitting on your couch during the period you were there.

satellite2 on Jan 15, 2024 | [–]

Pretty sure I got worst at it. 10 years later and now my back hurts.

ya1sec on Jan 15, 2024 | [–]

I like this sentiment. A Wittgenstein collection called “Philosophical Grammar” contains a lot of these kinds of thoughts.

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