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This is true, though arguably lack of any knowledge about anything is a deficit. Since it's impossible to know everything about everything, it's really a quest
by jiggy2011 14y ago
This is true, though arguably lack of any knowledge about anything is a deficit.
Since it's impossible to know everything about everything, it's really a question of "what is the probability that this will be useful?"
- cperciva 14y agoRight, which is why I was making the point that there are a great many situations where an understanding of probability will help.
- jiggy2011 14y agoI don't necessarily disagree in this case. Though I can't think of many times in my career where I had explicitly calculate probabilities, though may be an outlier. I think it's more a concern about a general attitude sometimes displayed on HN like "You don't know how X86 handles memory alignment, dude you even code?"