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Explain Like I'm Five

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[โ€“] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

The muse of programming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging (sometimes just talking things out inspires)

Or as I have heard, getting expert advice.

Talking the problem through is sometimes the best way to understand what is wrong