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Sometimes we have those little epiphanies in the shower.. sometimes they come from other places. This is a home for those epiphanies.

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[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 27 points 11 months ago

Debugging pretty much any multithreaded application..

[–] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

Nah, just throw all the unknowns into a the error term at the end of the equation and call it a day. All models are wrong, but some are close enough.

[–] borf@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Not always! There's a miniscule chance that you'll get the same results twice or thrice in a row.

[–] KingGordon@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

This shook me.

[–] Spitzspot 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Clair Patterson, his lead levels wildly inconsistent, "'Duck soup', my ass"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEWHqgffYEg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1hBxnpjDEE

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

That's when you've been working on a project for a year and decide to throw it out and try something completely different

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If you are improving consistency by doing the same thing over and over then you are practicing.

In that case the difference is in chance to succeed, not really a different intended outcome which is what the saying is trying to get at.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 8 points 11 months ago

Sometimes I go outside. Sometimes it rains. The two are somewhat correlated.:-)

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

Quantum physics

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Gathering statistics

[–] day_trippin_@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

opening pokemon cards or loot boxes 😭

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

Me measuring anything.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago
[–] fishos@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago
[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Meta: I asked a lot of people the same question and they've all given different answers. Fascinating.

[–] Brickardo@feddit.nl 1 points 11 months ago

Playing Warframe

[–] tinkling4938@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 11 months ago

Chaos Theory

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

I go to work every day and keep getting paid. Can you milk me, Greg?