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It’s never bad advice to consider something.

• klyrs 3y ago
  To the contrary, consideration takes time, and rules of thumb are valuable to mitigate overthinking.
• a1369209993 3y ago
  No, it's frequently bad advice to consider something. See eg https://www.xkcd.com/1445/ https://www.xkcd.com/1445/.
• rstuart4133 3y ago
  "Consider using threads" is only safe advice if the person doing the considering knows how to dealt with the (usually unwanted) non-determinism threads introduce. Only a small fraction do, but threads look so simple on the surface the rest don't realise they are walking into a mine field.