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		xandrius on April 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Programming Is Mostly Thinking (2014) 10/20 minutes to sharpen a pretty dull kitchen knife with some decent whetstones. Also, as someone famous once said: if I had 4 hours to sharpen an axe, I'd spend 2 hours preparing the whetstones.

taneq on April 21, 2024 [–]

If I had 2 hours to prepare whetstones I’d do 1 hour of billable work and then order some whetstones online.

elwell on April 22, 2024 | [–]

If I had 1 hour of billable work, I'd charge per project and upfront, to allow me to claim unemployment for the following weeks.

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