How to Think Like a Detective

Re:How to Think Like a Detective by version_five on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @08:18PM (#28925370)

Agreed. At the bottom of any long-to-debug issue I've encountered is some assumption I absolutely knew to be beyond suspicion that turned out to be wrong.

(That said, it's easy to say in retrospect. In the moment there is always judgement about what to verify first, and of course its always the last thing you check that turns out to be the problem)

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Re:How to Think Like a Detective by aspenmayer on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @03:11AM (#28927689)

Well it would be silly to keep checking once you’ve already found the problem, surely? /s

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Re:How to Think Like a Detective by wheelinsupial on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:16PM (#28935835)

I don’t understand the “/s” sarcasm tags, but there can be cases where you do want to keep checking.

Some problems have a single root cause, some have multiple independent root causes, and some issues present when root causes have an interaction type effect.

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Re:How to Think Like a Detective by anamax on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @05:00PM (#28936517)

You have to both find AND recognize that you've found.

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Re:How to Think Like a Detective by jacquesm on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @08:20PM (#28925380)

This is the harsh thing about computers: they mercilessly point out your character flaws.

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