Mikio L. Braun

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Really conflicted about this one. Learning about lexers and parsers was some of the most foundational stuff about computing that I learned. As with many things, it's more about the journey than reaching the destination. Everyone just wants stuff without learning anything. twitter.com/cristalopes/st…
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I see the same development everywhere. Learn to play guitar in just 4 weeks. Learn a new language with just 15 minutes per day. Buy this MIDI pack to put together a pop song in 10 minutes.
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Or: am I just becoming old and this is just the way the world works? We lose some stuff, but we gain something on another level? And yet, this one feels different. Just like we have substituted performance on a test set with real mastery, we've reduced real skill with tricks.