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1. arjie · 1785961821 · focus · HN ↗

   Is this novel? Every group that spent some large number of hours gaining some skill hates when that duration is not required for newcomers to accomplish what the skill allows. Not every individual of that group but the group as a whole. It’s just that devaluation of one’s skill capital sucks.

   I happen to think the alternative world where no one’s skill capital can be devalued sucks more, but it’s hard to build a community around that because the same hours that build skill also build taste, and when you remove the former you remove the latter.

   So you get a community with garbage in it. Haha!

   1. lelanthran · 1785965499 · focus · HN ↗

      > Every group that spent some large number of hours gaining some skill hates when that duration is not required for newcomers.

      I'm not sure of the truthiness there wrt LLMs: using an LLM to code your hobby OS doesn't actually gain you the skills of the existing members of that niche. Maybe those existing members are just annoyed at posers, not at newcomers?

      1. arjie · 1785965779 · focus · HN ↗

         Sorry, I didn’t complete the thought well. Amended. I meant that the skill allows for some things and newcomers no longer require that investment to get the outcome.
      2. ephimetheus · 1785966467 · focus · HN ↗

         Or it’s really just plain old gate keeping maybe.

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