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Just as interesting, linked from that page: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-japan-trains https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointi
by regularfry 8y ago
Just as interesting, linked from that page: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-japan-trains https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-j...
Now I'm wondering about the cross-over between that and rubber-duck debugging.
- eponeponepon 8y agoThe two are one and the same thing, I'd wager. The act of translating abstract thought processes into physical action (whether that's speaking or just pointing) forces you to examine it in a different way, just in order to make it concrete enough to express.
- macintux 8y agoMuch discussion on that article here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14011793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14011793
- Noumenon72 8y agoPatrick McKenzie says this is the procedure Japanese programmers use for making changes in production! Now I know it came from the culture. https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1009235280530829313 https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1009235280530829313
- regularfry 8y agoCulture is just "what people do". It's interesting that train drivers have to be coached through it feeling uncomfortable but necessary for safe operation. If there's a "national character" element to it, I'd say it's the acceptance of the uncomfortable but necessary.
- patio11 8y agoThis is what some engineering shops have as standard practice in Japan, which is a distinction with a difference.