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[-] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 months ago

Debugging pretty much any multithreaded application..

[-] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 24 points 3 months ago
[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

Nah, just throw all the unknowns into a the error term at the end of the equation and call it a day. All models are wrong, but some are close enough.

[-] borf@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 3 months ago
[-] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Not always! There's a miniscule chance that you'll get the same results twice or thrice in a row.

[-] KingGordon@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago
[-] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

This shook me.

[-] Spitzspot@lemmings.world 10 points 3 months ago
[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

That's when you've been working on a project for a year and decide to throw it out and try something completely different

[-] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Clair Patterson, his lead levels wildly inconsistent, "'Duck soup', my ass"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEWHqgffYEg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1hBxnpjDEE

[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 8 points 3 months ago

Sometimes I go outside. Sometimes it rains. The two are somewhat correlated.:-)

[-] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

Quantum physics

[-] day_trippin_@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

opening pokemon cards or loot boxes 😭

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If you are improving consistency by doing the same thing over and over then you are practicing.

In that case the difference is in chance to succeed, not really a different intended outcome which is what the saying is trying to get at.

[-] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Gathering statistics

[-] sevan@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

Me measuring anything.

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago
[-] Kaboom@reddthat.com 5 points 3 months ago
[-] fishos@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago
[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago
[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Meta: I asked a lot of people the same question and they've all given different answers. Fascinating.

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

I go to work every day and keep getting paid. Can you milk me, Greg?

[-] tinkling4938@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 months ago

Chaos Theory

[-] Brickardo@feddit.nl 1 points 3 months ago

Playing Warframe

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