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David_Gerard comments on Open Thread, November 15-22, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: David_Gerard 16 November 2013 11:32:04PM 13 points [-]

You Must Try, And Then You Must Ask. Note the definition of "try" here is 15 minutes, not the locally-canonical 5. (I think 15 is about right for the context - programming and sysadmin stuff.)

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 17 November 2013 02:13:03PM *  6 points [-]

The actual procedure is you must try, you must record your thinking, you must ask.