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		swader999 on Jan 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Command-line Tools can be 235x Faster than your Ha... Isn't a program really a scientific experiment? About as pure as you can get. It's not formalized as such but that's trivial.

ycombobreaker on Jan 26, 2024 [–]

It can be, but usually isn't. Similarly, dropping a feather and a bowling ball simultaneously might be science, or might not be. Did I make observations? Or am I just delivering some things to my friend at the bottom?

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