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		umanwizard on Feb 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% “worth their salt” is doing a lot of work here. No true Scotsman fallacy? I think you might be surprised by how few programmers even know what a profiler is, let alone how to run one.

thrwyoilarticle on Feb 28, 2021 [–]

That seems like a misapplication of the fallacy. If we assume 'worth their salt' is a synonym for 'good', then saying any good developer can operate a profiler is entirely reasonable.

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