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Re:“Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing and Expecting Different... by AstralStorm on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @02:45PM (#13979427)
Depends. Doing the exact same thing may make you faster at performance. Up to a limit of course.

Or it may cause mistakes elsewhere. Determinism of this kind is for children.

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Re:“Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing and Expecting Different... by spencerflem on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:03AM (#13983297)
Doesn't doing something faster count as slightly different?
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Re:“Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing and Expecting Different... by balabaster on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @09:43AM (#13986103)
This is what I was thinking, but I didn't pursue the argument because "determinism is for children" struck me as an ad hominem argument and I have better things to do than argue with that.
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