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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by UncleMeat on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @08:10AM (#31503365)
Why is that not an appropriate form of productivity?

And I've never seen somebody who learned to navigate on a map effectively actually locate their position in moments.

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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by kqr on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @03:44PM (#31509556)
I'm not talking about cold starts, to be clear. I'm talking about the situation where "one minute ago I was here, and I have moved at roughly this speed in roughly this direction for that minute. Where's the centre of the small circle I'm probably in now?"
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Re:Why isn’t new technology making us more productive? by lazide on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @06:33PM (#31511618)
If someone knew where they were (with any decent certainty), they wouldn't be lost.
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