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'Automating' comes from the roots 'auto-' meaning 'self-', and 'mating', meaning 'screwing'.
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jmoodie
3972 days ago
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I got to be pretty decent at spotting this curve while at UMB, and then avoiding it. But there is no doubt about its existence.
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3977 days ago
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Jadepearl
3966 days ago
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True, true, true.
USA! USA! USA!
Skotte
3970 days ago
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"Automation" is in my job title.
Rochester, Earth
danatnr
3973 days ago
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Yes.
Ohio
yashimii
3975 days ago
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oh so true
linny
3975 days ago
it's really true.
claysmith
3976 days ago
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This is my weakness. I'll gladly write a script or macro to accomplish a repetitive task even though doing the task by hand would take half the time. Coincidently, this is why I use Vim, because it reduces the distance between manual and macro editing. Of course, it took me weeks to set up and learn to use Vim. That's time I'll likely never recoup.
Escondido, CA
devicenull
3977 days ago
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Too often true...
RTP, NC
lrwrp
3977 days ago
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So painfully true.
??, NC
Satri
3977 days ago
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Ah.. The things you own end up owning you...
Montreal, Canada
bsag
3977 days ago
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Horribly true. Been there, done that.
satadru
3977 days ago
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The multi-axial solution is to delegate your yak-shave. Alternately optimize using the "has somebody automated/done this in a good enough fashion" algorithm.
New York, NY
stefanetal
3977 days ago
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How the boss views most projects. And how I view his project proposals...
Northern Virginia
adamgurri
3977 days ago
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Yup
New York, NY
steingart
3977 days ago
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sigh, yes.
Princeton, NJ
JayM
3977 days ago
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Ha. :) For some folks this is definitely true!
Atlanta, GA
tomazed
3977 days ago
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Best definition of automating!
taglia
3977 days ago
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Best definition of automation I have ever seen...
Singapore
Jaryth000
3977 days ago
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Related comic: http://xkcd.com/1205/
Canada
amijangos
3977 days ago
My thought exactly, you have a threshold of how much time to invest
oliverzip
3977 days ago
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Explaining the productivity paradox.
Sydney, Balmain, Hornsby.
traggett
3977 days ago
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Title text: 'Automating' comes from the roots 'auto' meaning 'self-', and 'mating' meaning 'screwing'.
Hong Kong