Re: [PLUG] Troubleshooting (was ...My Holy Quest for a WYSIWYG HTML Word Processor)

[JP Vossen via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Yes!

On 1/30/23 06:37 PM, brent saner via plug wrote:
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging> in full effect there
>
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 17:42 JP Vossen via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org <mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org>> wrote:
>
>     On 1/30/23 09:40 AM, Casey Bralla (Mail List) via plug wrote:
>      > Good point.  I often find that simply composing my question will often
>      > lead me to the answer because I haven't really thought through what it
>      > is I want to do, or what my problem is.
>      >
>      > First rule of problem solving is to accurately define the problem.  It's
>      > often an completely overlooked step.
>
>     YES!  THIS!  1000x this!  That's not step 1 of my checklist, because there are a few things before it, like check for freakin' disk space, check SELinux, remove UEK (the Unusable Enterprise Kernel), check the logs, and so on.  I can't tell you how many problems I've solve while composing the email to the PLUG list (or other expert).
>
>     LONG but great t-shooting details: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html <http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>
Later,
JP
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