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Re:Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today'... by grawprog on Saturday October 30, 2021 @02:12PM (#29050984)
Why would something people find fun enough to do as a hobby now not have been fun 500 years ago?

Compare it to say a modern profession like software engineering. Despite it being work, there's plenty of programmers who also enjoy programming and do it for fun on their own time as well as work.

Why would it have been any different back then?

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Re:Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today'... by notahacker on Saturday October 30, 2021 @03:22PM (#29051570)
There are plenty of people who don't enjoy programming. Now imagine they all have to do it too.
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Re:Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today'... by watwut on Saturday October 30, 2021 @02:28PM (#29051143)
We consider programming work. Overwhelming majority of it is pure work.
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