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Re:Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI? by hoppp on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @01:52PM (#48910575)
What about punch cards?

Real programmers write the code and throw it away after compilation. All the fixes happen in the binary. You are not a real programmer unless you debug hex dumps and add changes directly to the compiled program.

Text editor? No. You punch the program on cards and then wait 1 week to get your turn and get a compiler error.

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Re:Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI? by budsniffer952 on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @01:54PM (#48910594)
Nope, I draw my line at Notepad!
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Re:Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI? by rmunn on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @11:47PM (#48916053)
EDLIN.EXE or bust!
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Re:Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI? by pixl97 on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @04:33PM (#48912594)
https://xkcd.com/378/
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Re:Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI? by hoppp on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @06:24AM (#48918662)
https://www.quiche-eater.com/the_real_text.html
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