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Re:Cursor told me I should learn coding instead of asking it... by 42lux on Thursday March 13, 2025 @03:02PM (#43356293)
I don’t get the argument. Hours are hours and that there is no correlation to technical advancements is an extrem position to have… but hey you are not alone.
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Re:Cursor told me I should learn coding instead of asking it... by slater on Thursday March 13, 2025 @03:43PM (#43356602)
It's not that there's no correlation. It's that there's many, MANY other reasons before you get even close to "oh yeah, and then we invented the steam engine"
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Re:Cursor told me I should learn coding instead of asking it... by 42lux on Thursday March 13, 2025 @04:05PM (#43356775)
Over 200 years "shit happens"... the argument. We are still working less and the hours didn't get filled with other work.
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