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This is not the first time I see people copy-typing text by hand instead of copy-pasting it. I am not sure why they do that, but when I see a DevOps engineer d
by notorandit 2mo ago
This is not the first time I see people copy-typing text by hand instead of copy-pasting it.
I am not sure why they do that, but when I see a DevOps engineer doing it I have a chilling feel.
- dredmorbius 2mo agoDepends on the context. If running code samples from a remote (untrusted) site, re-typing may spare you some grief. I've addressed the homoglyph issue in my immediate prior comment. Other transcription errors are also of course possible with identifiers.
- account42 2mo agoHow is it weird? It's often much faster to re-type a short identifier than to select, copy and paste it.
- canthonytucci 2mo agoThey’re talking about likelihood of a typo, not speed.
- account42 2mo agoWell I guess hyper-focusing only on some motivations that affect the situation can make you confused about why others do certain things.