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| Topic | I hate when you ask how to do X and the response is... |
| Sahuagin 03/27/22 12:23:20 PM #11: | mrplainswalker posted... If I'm asking the question, then obviously I have a reason for wanting to know and the reason is irrelevant to the answer.not necessarily no, this is literally called an "XY problem" (or that is what is trying to be ruled out) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_problem Q: How can I do <thing that makes no sense> (aka Y)? A: Why do you want to do Y? Q: Because X... A: X is solved via Z. <no further reason to solve Y> --- The truth basks in scrutiny. http://i.imgur.com/GMouTGs.jpg http://projecteuler.net/profile/Sahuagin.png ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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