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minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·4 days agoA pencil being sharpened isn’t the pencil doing work.
minus-squarekrisevol@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 days agoYou only sharpen pencils doing work
minus-squareDioramaOfShit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoYou can buy pre sharpened pencils that have not done any work yet.
minus-squareanugeshtu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoEither it’s in the initial situation or the end situation or somewhere in between Citate: Mein Leben!
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYou get a brand new, unsharpened pencil. You sharpen it. You’ve done no work with the pencil. You did work with a sharpener.
minus-squarekrisevol@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoSo that would be like training an employee and now he’s ready to work?
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoExactly. And we don’t need those costs on our budget. Training is not included.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYes. No real experience yet. Then once it’s been used and worn down, it has seen real work. That is the metaphor.
A pencil being sharpened isn’t the pencil doing work.
You only sharpen pencils doing work
You can buy pre sharpened pencils that have not done any work yet.
Either it’s in the initial situation or the end situation or somewhere in between
Citate: Mein Leben!
Or just for fun
You get a brand new, unsharpened pencil. You sharpen it. You’ve done no work with the pencil. You did work with a sharpener.
So that would be like training an employee and now he’s ready to work?
Exactly. And we don’t need those costs on our budget. Training is not included.
Yes. No real experience yet. Then once it’s been used and worn down, it has seen real work. That is the metaphor.