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Programmers then and now (lemmy.ml)

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[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago

Pretty sure they mean people don't learn something again when they already learned it. Once you learn how to do something, willingness to learn it again but a different way dries up, and so you stick to bad habits as long as they 'work'