• chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Years ago saw someone copy/pasting stuff in Excel one field at a time using the “Edit” menu. She told me this way she knew it was working.

    I had to walk away.

    I will also say that back then computers were a lot scarier, since many people had never used them. People were terrified of clicking the wrong thing.

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      6 hours ago

      She told me this way she knew it was working.

      To be fair, I always Ctrl+C multiple once to make sure it copied, even though one would be enough. Humans are pretty irrational

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      16 hours ago

      Yeah, I am the same.
      I type the code myself, so I know what it actually means, instead of letting AI do it.

      It might seem different now, but 10-20 years down the line, they might be the same energy.

      • buffing_lecturer@leminal.space
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        I mean maybe. But one is a deterministic way to do the exact same thing, the other is a nondeterministic way to maybe do a similar thing.