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cestith • today at 4:43 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I treat my technical memories in discussions like the Russian proverb Reagan popularized in the disarmament negotiations with the Soviets.

  доверяй, но проверяй
“Trust, but verify.”

Meta: Yes, I did a quick search to verify some of this before replying.

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MrBuddyCasino • today at 6:37 PM

Very good. Sometimes I‘m too impatient.

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petesergeant • today at 5:18 PM

I am getting into the questionable habit of arguing my point with an LLM before contributing it these days.

> доверяй, но проверяй

I wasn't aware of the source phrase, nor how much better it sounds phonetically in Russian (doveryay, no proveryay)