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virtualritzyesterday at 11:05 PM2 repliesview on HN

> mythos allowed mediocre people to get results by holding their hand through the process,

Yes, just like early cars allowed mediocre horse riders to get from A to B with dignity.

Or like my Japanese rice cooker allows a person like me, utterly shitty at preparing this, to eat some rice that is cooked to perfection.

Etc.


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greggsyyesterday at 11:40 PM

I mean, the calculator is my go to analogy I keep bringing up in this debate.

It lets someone with mediocre long division skills to just do the thing they need to do with fewer steps and less friction.

IDA itself is a tool that helps you decompile code without having to do a lot of things.

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ai_fry_ur_brainyesterday at 11:42 PM

Should mediocre people be preforming heart surgery?

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