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		mamcx 48 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why users cannot create Issues directly My theory is that the best, absolute best predictor if someone could be a good programmer (or is) is the ability to read exactly what is written. Is not math, logic or any of that asides. Is the actual ability to read, exactly, without adding or removing anything.

latexr 47 days ago [–]

You can test that theory with Magic the Gathering players. Reading exactly what the card says and interpreting it with the exact text of the rules is core to the game.

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