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I'm curious what the significance of the tarot cards is here. Why not just write the following article: (this also serves as a TL;DR) When you encounter a prob
by pickdenis 7y ago
I'm curious what the significance of the tarot cards is here. Why not just write the following article: (this also serves as a TL;DR)
When you encounter a problem with your program, consider the following in order:
- your Motive
- Facet (localize the failure)
- Immediate Past (what changed to cause this problem)
- the Action (that you need to take)
- the desired Result
While the message is valuable, I'm not a fan of the obfuscation.
- gbear605 7y agoThe tarot card is helpful as a source of random thoughts. Other equivalents could be just as good - pick a random word from the dictionary for example might be a decent one. Another good alternative (that is designed for this) is Oblique Strategies [0]. It helps give you hand holds for your brain to latch onto and work around. Without the randomness, it is too easy to get stuck in a rut. [0]: http://stoney.sb.org/eno/oblique.html http://stoney.sb.org/eno/oblique.html
- anigbrowl 7y agoThe problem many technically inclined people have when it comes to thinking outside the box is that they begin by defining the box in such great detail.
- xena 7y agoWhich is exactly why I define the box to begin with :)