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This chart doesn't take into account the possibility of errors, though (unless you equate an error to wasted time, which is dubious). Even if you only need to run a command once a year, and it only involves a few short steps, it's worthwhile to automate the task if fat-fingering one of the commands could have disastrous consequences.



> This chart doesn't take into account the possibility of errors, though

This one does: https://xkcd.com/1319/


Amusingly that actually does the opposite, and takes into account the possibility of errors in your automation, but not in doing it manually.




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