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mikkupikkutoday at 2:35 PM6 repliesview on HN

When I consider the utility of a hammer, my first priority is to ask what the hammer can teach me.


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pygy_today at 2:41 PM

There are NES emulators aplenty, the only value in writing a new one is pedagogic, for the writer.

This endeavor had negative net value.

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NoraCodestoday at 3:31 PM

Do you think that the use of a hammer is an innate skill, and that woodworkers learn nothing from their craft?

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butliketoday at 8:49 PM

You ask what you learned building the house. The hammer hits the nails.

jancsikatoday at 3:44 PM

If it's a zillion dollar hammerbot the company is offering to your boss for pennies, that had better be your first priority!

philipallstartoday at 3:58 PM

Ask not what your hammer can do for you.

risyachkatoday at 3:22 PM

Do you like to read posts about what hammer can do? Especially when it has been done 100 times already.

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