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56 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 07 March 2013 04:33AM

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Comment author: twanvl 07 March 2013 11:42:59PM 13 points [-]

the best way to not do it.

This sounds too punchliney. What do you actually mean? What part of not doing it needs figuring out? How to avoid it? What to do instead? Something else entirely?

Comment author: Matt_Simpson 08 March 2013 02:10:47AM 1 point [-]

The best way not to do something is to do the best thing you could be doing instead in the best way.