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>Sometimes, when I’m grappling with a tricky topic, I pretend that I need to explain it to a child. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging https:/
by DenverCode 5y ago
>Sometimes, when I’m grappling with a tricky topic, I pretend that I need to explain it to a child.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging
- amelius 5y agoEven better is explaining it to a computer.
- thisistheend123 5y agoThanks for saying that. It is an underrated practice I think. Could you elaborate a bit more on this.
- underwater 5y agoIt's a joke. Explaining it to a computer means expressing it in code. (Not sure if I'm the one who got whooshed here)
- ganzuul 5y agoYou got wooshed yeah.
- dredmorbius 5y agoSomeone should create a service where people can collaborate in explaining things to computers, and comment, ask questions, or criticise each other's explanations....
- FractalHQ 5y agoIn case your curiosity is genuine- I think gp is referring to the common idea that computers are notoriously “dumb” and require meticulously explicit instructions for every step of a given task in order for them to reliably accomplish said task.