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> I've had people who couldn't understand the problem no matter how hard I tried I understand the problem you're describing very well, but I had to read the en
by bicubic 9y ago
> I've had people who couldn't understand the problem no matter how hard I tried
I understand the problem you're describing very well, but I had to read the entire problem statement to understand what you're talking about. Making someone understand is a two way street, and half of it is about you communicating the problem effectively.
That's not to say you did a bad job, but for me the signal to noise ratio of that problem statement was low and made me question whether I understand what you're actually asking. If you said 'draw a height map of a pyramid on a 5x5 grid', that'd be far more clear.
- roel_v 9y agoWell it's not like I would read it out loud like I wrote it down here, plus I did say I also gave them an example. I did start out calling it a 'height map' for example, because well that's what it is, but there are plenty of people who don't know what that is. Damned if you do damned if you don't I guess.