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Re:Shooting down ideas is not a skill by majormajor on Saturday April 04, 2026 @11:18PM (#47645825)
By proceeding with things that will gather more data—such as prototyping, or further independent research—vs spinning indefinitely on "hypothetical" discussion-only shots.

How do you know if it survives the shot without that, if it's just person A saying "I don't think Python perf will be an issue" and person B saying "I think it will"?

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Re:Shooting down ideas is not a skill by Jensson on Sunday April 05, 2026 @09:49AM (#47649435)
> How do you know if it survives the shot without that, if it's just person A saying "I don't think Python perf will be an issue" and person B saying "I think it will"?

That is the point, knowing that it is a point we want to test is valuable. If person B there didn't say he thought it would be an issue you probably wouldn't have tested it, it was valuable for him to say that.

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