Re:Guide for Technical Development
by gonzo41 on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @10:49AM
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all of these comments about non trivial matters are bike shedding. even this comment, its only increasing entropy, your missing the forest for the trees.
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Re:Guide for Technical Development
by itsybitsycoder on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @12:08PM
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@rockdiesel, it's definitely "for" the trees, where "for" means "because of". You can't see the forest (big picture) because you're paying too much attention to the individual trees (details).
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Re:Guide for Technical Development
by rockdiesel on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @02:49PM
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That makes sense. Thank you for your explanation.
Trivial, not non trivial.
Re:Guide for Technical Development
by rockdiesel on Tuesday May 12, 2015 @12:02PM
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Off-topic, but I always thought it was "can't see the forest through the trees" not "forest for the trees".
Meaning someone can't see passed what is in front of them (trees/treeline) to see the bigger picture (forest).