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Thank you for the reminder -- it does feel like people can be in (at least) two different modes -- with a desire to vent and be heard, or inquiring about a solu
by yboris 4y ago
Thank you for the reminder -- it does feel like people can be in (at least) two different modes -- with a desire to vent and be heard, or inquiring about a solution. Yet it is not obvious which since the two can sound so similar.
If someone is grieving it's probably time to just listen, but when someone is stuck with a social problem they may be rubber ducking with you rather than considering you to be a good approximation of an oracle ;)
- lephty 4y ago"Rubber ducking." As in speaking to your rubber duck with no expectation of a response? First time seeing this usage. Thanks.
- 98codes 4y agoMoreso than that, imagine a rubber duck floating in the water: silently looking at you, nodding in understanding.
- idontpost 4y ago
- kudos200 4y agoI think they’re probably referring to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging
- Scarblac 4y agoA way to deal with really perplexing bugs is to just carefully explain the code to an actual rubber duck. "This code is obviously correct, right duck? Look here, this line first does x, then y happens and here... Wait a minute, that doesn't do z at all!"
- scubbo 4y agoCongratulations, you are one of today's Lucky Ten Thousand! https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/