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They say doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is insanity. Well what is doing the same thing over and over again and GETTING different results?

2 years ago by Captain Aggravated to c/showerthoughts

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Arghblarg 28 points 2 years ago

Debugging pretty much any multithreaded application..

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lemmy_in 25 points 2 years ago

Unknown variables

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Hamartiogonic 3 points 2 years ago

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.

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borf 21 points 2 years ago

Rolling dice

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pete_the_cat 4 points 2 years ago

Not always! There's a miniscule chance that you'll get the same results twice or thrice in a row.

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KingGordon 19 points 2 years ago

Using kubernetes.

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vulgarcynic 2 points 2 years ago

This shook me.

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mrsemi 11 points 2 years ago

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Spitzspot 10 points 2 years ago

PhD grad student

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TonyTonyChopper 1 point 2 years ago

That's when you've been working on a project for a year and decide to throw it out and try something completely different

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Rubisco 1 point 2 years ago

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OpenStars 8 points 2 years ago

Sometimes I go outside. Sometimes it rains. The two are somewhat correlated.:-)

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AlexWIWA 8 points 2 years ago

Quantum physics

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day_trippin_ 8 points 2 years ago

opening pokemon cards or loot boxes 😭

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RattlerSix 8 points 2 years ago

Gathering statistics

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snooggums 8 points 2 years ago

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.

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sevan 7 points 2 years ago

Me measuring anything.

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friend_of_satan 6 points 2 years ago

Chaos.

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fishos 5 points 2 years ago

Inconsistency

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Vigilantfox85 1 point 2 years ago

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WolfLink 4 points 2 years ago

Science

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Kaboom 4 points 2 years ago

Life

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captain_aggravated 2 points 2 years ago

Meta: I asked a lot of people the same question and they've all given different answers. Fascinating.

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tinkling4938 1 point 2 years ago

Chaos Theory

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Socsa 1 point 2 years ago

I go to work every day and keep getting paid. Can you milk me, Greg?

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Brickardo 1 point 2 years ago

Playing Warframe

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Piggu 1 point 2 years ago

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