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0 points0x4578mo ago0 comments

> I can't remember the last time I write something meaningfully long with an actual pen/pencil. My handwriting is beyond horrible.

That's a skill that depends on motor functions of your hands, so it makes sense that it degrades with lack of practice.

> I can't no longer find my way driving without a GPS. Reading a map? lol

Pretty sure what that actually means in most cases is "I can go from A to B without GPS, but the route will be suboptimal, and I will have to keep more attention to street names"

If you ever had a joy of printing map quest or using a paper map, I'm sure you still these people skill can do, maybe it will take them longer. I'm good at reading mall maps tho.

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yoyohello138mo ago

Mental skills (just like motor skills) also degrade with time. I can’t remember how to do an integral by hand anymore. Although re-learning would probably be faster if I looked it up.

0x457OP8mo ago

Please don't think of this as moving the goal post, but back to maps and GPS: you're still doing the navigation (i.e. actual change in direction), just doing it with different tools.

The last time I dealt with integrals by hand or not was before node.js was announced (just a point in time).

Sure, you can probably forget a mental skill from lack of practicing it, but in my personal experience it takes A LOT longer than for a motor skill.

Again, you're still writing code, but with a different tool.

jazzyjackson8mo ago

> I'm sure you still these people skill can do,

I wonder if you’d make this kind of mistake writing by hand

0x457OP8mo ago

I would, it's an ADHD thing for me.

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0 points0x4578mo ago0 comments

> I can't remember the last time I write something meaningfully long with an actual pen/pencil. My handwriting is beyond horrible.

That's a skill that depends on motor functions of your hands, so it makes sense that it degrades with lack of practice.

> I can't no longer find my way driving without a GPS. Reading a map? lol

Pretty sure what that actually means in most cases is "I can go from A to B without GPS, but the route will be suboptimal, and I will have to keep more attention to street names"

If you ever had a joy of printing map quest or using a paper map, I'm sure you still these people skill can do, maybe it will take them longer. I'm good at reading mall maps tho.

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yoyohello138mo ago

Mental skills (just like motor skills) also degrade with time. I can’t remember how to do an integral by hand anymore. Although re-learning would probably be faster if I looked it up.

0x457OP8mo ago

Please don't think of this as moving the goal post, but back to maps and GPS: you're still doing the navigation (i.e. actual change in direction), just doing it with different tools.

The last time I dealt with integrals by hand or not was before node.js was announced (just a point in time).

Sure, you can probably forget a mental skill from lack of practicing it, but in my personal experience it takes A LOT longer than for a motor skill.

Again, you're still writing code, but with a different tool.

jazzyjackson8mo ago

> I'm sure you still these people skill can do,

I wonder if you’d make this kind of mistake writing by hand

0x457OP8mo ago

I would, it's an ADHD thing for me.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse