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this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2024
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Meta: I asked a lot of people the same question and they've all given different answers. Fascinating.
Using kubernetes.
This shook me.
Me measuring anything.
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.
PhD grad student
Debugging pretty much any multithreaded application..
opening pokemon cards or loot boxes 😭
Inconsistency
Chaos.
Gathering statistics
Sometimes I go outside. Sometimes it rains. The two are somewhat correlated.:-)
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.
Quantum physics
Life
Rolling dice
Not always! There's a miniscule chance that you'll get the same results twice or thrice in a row.
A sign of flawed methodology.