Hardworking people are actually dumb, lazy people are actually smart

adriancs

oh ya... typo error corrected :laugh:

CodeWraith

I do know a few dump persons. Them being dumb is usually part of the deal, the rest follows.

I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

Peter_in_2780

Someone here has a sig with a quote that expresses your thoughts very succinctly. I think this is it:

Robert A Heinlein:

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.

Cheers, Peter

Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012

BillWoodruff

Very smart programmers often work hard to create, for end-users, an illusion of simplicity that allows end-users to be lazy.

«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12

GenJerDan

The Tale of the Man Who Was Too Lazy to Fail[^] Yep

Nelek

Peter_in_2780 wrote:

Robert A Heinlein:

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.

Another one...

Bill Gates:

I always give the hardest task to the laziest worker, because he will surely find the easiest way to do it.

M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

Member 13847505

Well it depends really, even the vice versa could be true.

Matthew Dennis

I have always been meaning to post something like this, but was too lazy to do so ...

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

Foothill

Then there are people like me who work hard to be lazy.... :-\

if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }

Marc Clifton

It took a lot of hard work to create the Python language. ;)

Latest Article - Building a Prototype Web-Based Diagramming Tool with SVG and Javascript Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

dandy72

BillWoodruff wrote:

Very smart programmers often work hard to create, for end-users, an illusion of simplicity that allows end-users to be lazy.

That's a good part of why I became a developer. I've spent countless hours writing small utilities to help me save time doing repetitive tasks because I'm lazy. More often than not, the time saved never adds up to the time spent writing said utilities. [This](https://xkcd.com/974/) is always a propos.