• Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
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    5 hours ago

    Is that the same thing? The impression I get is that OPs post is about the IT worker actively distrusting smart tech. While I assume your example is more that the blacksmith doesn’t bother with making metal spoons for himself and using what ever he had already, which would be more comparable to a network engineer still using the ISPs shitty router.

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      We use it when, for any reason, a person who could easily use something related to their field, doesn’t use it. What it means is that if someone who could be using something because they know how it works, isn’t using it, there must be a reason.

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        Ahh, the impression I got is that one makes it sound like they are avoiding it because they can’t be bothered to while the other actively avoids it because its bad.

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          I think that is the most “correct” interpretation of it. Maybe they’re saying that it’s been bent over time.

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      Wooden spoons are better for cooking with cast iron pots and pans, which a blacksmith, being knowledgeable about metal, would be vey aware of.

      Just as the it person is way more aware of the pitfalls of smart tech than your average person

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              P sure (but not entirely) that thats for when you purposely want to remove the lining, fx for resale, to make it look brand new

              Havent personally heard chainmail reccomended tho, mostly heard of steel sponges, chainmail sounds way cooler tho lol

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        Sure but what us the downside? It us a huge field with everything from local to requiring the cloud. You can’t blanket it all together.