@wey_gu: An example. I remember when @garrytan's gstack first came out, many programmers from a technical perspective were extremely sarcastic about such a markdown project. For me, I know that when judging the value of the same substance, or at some lower dimension, it's easy to have inertial underestimation -
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References Garry Tan's gstack project, discussing the phenomenon that programmers tend to underestimate the value of certain tools at a lower dimension.
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An Example
I remember when @garrytan’s gstack first came out, many programmers heaped ridicule on such a markdown project from a technical standpoint.
For me, I know that when judging the value of certain things by the same substance—or at some low dimension—it’s very easy to habitually underestimate them.
Wey Gu 古思为 @wey_gu·Jul 31: Basically every night I go downstairs with my wife to feed the cats. Perhaps because some people in the neighborhood are unfriendly to cats, the cats here keep their distance from people. Of the three cats we’ve been feeding regularly for about two years, only one will let us pet it.
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