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If it's a book, you have the manuscript but no research, notes, or prior revisions. If it's a program, you have the compiled binary but no source code or anything you would've learned writing it. Etc.

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[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 18 hours ago

Depending on the project, absolutely yes. I've got a load of maintenance projects that need doing on my house that I've been putting off because there's a huge time investment, or they need to be done in nice weather. I wouldn't be learning anything that would be particularly useful to me in the future, so getting them done instantly would be a massive help.

As an example, my garden is very overgrown and needs a few days of dry weather to complete. It's mostly going to be cutting everything back with strimmers and hedge trimmers and then clearing the cuttings away. I already know how to do it, but even if I didn't, it wouldn't be difficult to learn so that I can keep on top of it going forward.

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