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		Moru on Dec 15, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Source of the famous “Now you have two problems” q... That's just unfamiljarity. Whatever works for you is good. Sometimes the hammer does work on the screw, you just have to use it right. Or we might end up with https://xkcd.com/927/

sushshshsh on Dec 16, 2020 [–]

We're all unfamiliar with assembly and electrical engineering too right, should we all invest the time to learn how to program bare metal? Only when the performance is needed, right?

Moru on Dec 22, 2020 | [–]

No, you completely misunderstood and went off on a tangent. My comment means the exact opposite to what you understood.

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