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I do this with writing. Even if the problem has 3 points, I write down a list on the whiteboard. Even if the part of the system I'm concerned about has two comp
by hliyan 9y ago
I do this with writing. Even if the problem has 3 points, I write down a list on the whiteboard. Even if the part of the system I'm concerned about has two components, I draw two boxes with a connecting line. Then I stare at the board. It's surprising how effective this can be.
Edit: I suspect Sherlock Holmes was the first fictional character to employ rubber-ducking (albeit with Watson as the duck). Greg House would be a more recent example (who uses his entire team).
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoHouse is Sherlock Holmes.
- terheyden 9y agoYep, House -> Holmes; Wilson -> Watson.
- BurningFrog 9y agoCocaine -> Vicodin
- douche 9y agoHolmes was also quite into opiates himself - I seem to remember a Persian slipper that housed his heroin stash, and some incidents of opium smoking.
- bryanrasmussen 9y agowouldn't that be Holmes -> House?
- falcolas 9y agoSherlock Holmes has been around since around 1891; predating Gregory House by about 113 years.
- bryanrasmussen 9y agoRight so House is later than the Holmes. the arrow of time in Western cultures moves from left to right.
- therealdrag0 9y ago-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_(TV_series)#References_to_Sherlock_Holmes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_(TV_series)#References_t... -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_House#Parallels_to_Sherlock_Holmes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_House#Parallels_to_She...