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Re:Don't spend 6mins doing it by hand when you can spend 6h ... by teddyh on Thursday December 09, 2021 @12:48PM (#29500573)
https://xkcd.com/1205/
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Re:Don't spend 6mins doing it by hand when you can spend 6h ... by ASalazarMX on Thursday December 09, 2021 @01:35PM (#29501135)
Caveat: it's worth spending more time automating a task than actually doing it if the task is tedious enough.
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Re:Don't spend 6mins doing it by hand when you can spend 6h ... by readams on Thursday December 09, 2021 @12:59PM (#29500696)
Other XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1319/
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Re:Don't spend 6mins doing it by hand when you can spend 6h ... by beardyw on Thursday December 09, 2021 @01:24PM (#29501009)
Thanks, saved me looking for them!
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Re:Don't spend 6mins doing it by hand when you can spend 6h ... by csunbird on Thursday December 09, 2021 @01:23PM (#29500991)
I was going to post this, but you beat me to it. This is a really useful chart!
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Re:Don't spend 6mins doing it by hand when you can spend 6h ... by igouy on Thursday December 09, 2021 @01:31PM (#29501094)
"ACROSS 5 YEARS" !!!
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