Debugging pretty much any multithreaded application..
this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2024
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Unknown variables
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.
Rolling dice
Not always! There's a miniscule chance that you'll get the same results twice or thrice in a row.
Using kubernetes.
This shook me.
PhD grad student
That's when you've been working on a project for a year and decide to throw it out and try something completely different
Clair Patterson, his lead levels wildly inconsistent, "'Duck soup', my ass"
opening pokemon cards or loot boxes 😭
Gathering statistics
Sometimes I go outside. Sometimes it rains. The two are somewhat correlated.:-)
Quantum physics
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.
Me measuring anything.
Chaos.
Life
Inconsistency
Science
Meta: I asked a lot of people the same question and they've all given different answers. Fascinating.
Playing Warframe
I go to work every day and keep getting paid. Can you milk me, Greg?
Chaos Theory