@b0rk @avibryant @collision @snoble I usually end up with something like "tell me what problem you're trying to solve, and how you got here"
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Replying to @indec
@indec@b0rk@avibryant@collision often the general problem will be beyond your ability to understand.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @snoble
@indec@b0rk@avibryant@collision the questioner is asking you about the part they don't know. the rest of the problem may be beyond you.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @snoble
@snoble@indec@b0rk@collision but that should be a negotiation. "Why?" "Because reasons, doesn't matter." "Oh, ok. In that case: ..."1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @avibryant
@avibryant@indec@b0rk@collision consider the blog post (this will take a few tweets)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @snoble
@avibryant@indec@b0rk@collision "why did mutt break when I turned off atime?" "WAYRTTD?" "improve performance without breaking things"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @snoble
@avibryant@indec@b0rk@collision "oh in that case we'll come up with a system that buffers writes in memory and waits for.."2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @snoble
@snoble@indec@b0rk@collision but to me the blog post reads like there was another level of "Why?" applied, which is "what broke?"2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @avibryant
@snoble@indec@b0rk@collision I think both your good path and your bad path are asking WAYRTTD. It's just a question of how deep they dig.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @avibryant
@avibryant@indec@b0rk@collision one asks "WAYRTTD". The others asks "why did mutt break". specifying your "why" affects the path.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@snoble @indec @b0rk @collision but consider the conversation that starts "how do I turn off atime?" How do you ever get anywhere useful?
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