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My English is too limited to be a 100% sure about the following: "economy of producing the goods" What does this mean? The amount of time it takes to produce

• huffmsa 7y ago
  Correct. The professional produces goods which are actually used in real life conditions, with real life delivery dates. The enthusiast produces goods which look pretty, but often don't work correctly, or need a lot more hours of work to surpass the professional.
  • wizardforhire 7y ago
    ... and the amateur produces goods out of love that end up powering the internet
• icegreentea2 7y ago
  I think it's a bit more subtle than that. Professionals are able to create output that more precisely solve the problem at hand. That means that they will often create output that does less. In the context of Stuxnet, the professional identified that the problem at hand was to shutdown the Iranian nuclear enrichment facility. They ended up with a piece of code that executed that, but was not maximally obfuscated, because more obfuscation does not solve the problem at hand.
• praptak 7y ago
  Enthusiast: 4h for the coolest component C, 1h for unnecessary but fun stuff. The rest of components: A, B & D glued from duct tape in 1h. Quality of C: excellent, quality of the final product: nice demo, but falls apart when exposed to wind. Professional: 2h for C, 1h for A,B,D each. 1h for testing. Quality of A,B,C and D: good enough. Quality of the final product: gets the job done, withstands winds up to the speeds required in the specs, plus some margin.
• chrisweekly 7y ago
  "economy" here meaning efficiency (repeatability, time cost to produce)