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Comment by mikeaskew4 | original | What my dad taught me about AI coding in the 90s
[−]mikeaskew4 · 2026-08-30 Sun 15:00 UTC · link
My dad just had a computer around and looked the other way when I spent all night on it. And I learned chess on my own.

This may not be the argument Mike makes here, I have always felt that seeing the board and not knowing what it means is more valuable than knowing everything about it without seeing it.

If you’re drowning, who do you want to save you, the lifeguard who can’t read or the author of the book on water lifesaving techniques who can’t swim?