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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 26 points 1 year ago

Debugging pretty much any multithreaded application..

[–] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year 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 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

This shook me.

[–] Spitzspot@lemmings.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year 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

[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 8 points 1 year ago

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

[–] day_trippin_@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

opening pokemon cards or loot boxes 😭

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Quantum physics

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Gathering statistics

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Me measuring anything.

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

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

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

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

[–] Brickardo@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

Playing Warframe

[–] tinkling4938@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago

Chaos Theory