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[–] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Programmers do that a lot? I always just start trying stuff in the command line until it works. It's in research though, so maybe different from what is typical developer stuff?

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

"Fuck it, let's try [blank]" is absolutely a valid debugging mechanism. Whether you get the same problems or fascinating new problems - you learned something about what's wrong.

Now go take a walk and let your brain figure out what it means.

[–] el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

Yes! I got a new error!

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The most valid learning/troubleshooting technique I've found is to push every button until something new happens. Seems to piss everyone else off tho

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I hope you aren't a pilot, or at least not my pilot.

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

I'm sure I can figure out what most of them do before we hit the gr . . . . .