▲ 277 ▼ Rediscovering ancient technology (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 days ago by oldmanalex@sh.itjust.works to c/shitposting@lemmy.today 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 days ago (3 children) I think programmers call that rubber duck debugging. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago (2 children) Yep, and it's important. Called that because classically you put a rubber duck on top of your crt monitor to talk to so you don't have to drag another human in. I usually just drag another human in though even if all they do is stand there while I talk it out myself permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yakko@feddit.uk 9 points 1 day ago Flesh duck permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago That's what junior engineers are for. I'm mentoring! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago (2 children) Yep, and it's important. Called that because classically you put a rubber duck on top of your crt monitor to talk to so you don't have to drag another human in. I usually just drag another human in though even if all they do is stand there while I talk it out myself permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yakko@feddit.uk 9 points 1 day ago Flesh duck permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago That's what junior engineers are for. I'm mentoring! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago That's what junior engineers are for. I'm mentoring! permalink fedilink source parent