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Re:Don't spend 6mins doing it by hand when you can spend 6h ... by DonHopkins on Thursday December 09, 2021 @01:02PM (#29500743)
If you do it by hand in 6 minutes, then you can play Factorio for 5 hours and 54 minutes!
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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 @01:31PM (#29501084)
This is my mindset as well: a sporadic six-minute task just needs good documentation, but a frequent six-minute task needs automation.

It's all about maximizing downtime.

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