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Re:Good books for deep hacks by taeric on Sunday December 31, 2017 @01:10PM (#16041760)
In general, you have to understand the mistakes to learn from them. Often, we don't even understand what someone else was trying to do. Much less what their mistake was.
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Re:Good books for deep hacks by closed on Sunday December 31, 2017 @11:14PM (#16044656)
That's true, and a major benefit of trying something is that it can correct for overconfidence and expose specific gaps in understanding (so you can seek out explanations, or puzzle it out)
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