Avoid blundering: 80% of a winning strategy
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Avoid blundering: 80% of a winning strategy
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Re: Avoid blundering: 80% of a winning strategy
#2The problem is you don't know if it's a blunder until after.
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#3The problem is you don't know if it's a blunder until after.
Blunders are things you _could_ or _should_ have avoided, had you only taken a moment to pause and think.
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#4This effect is why I am like 10 times as effective working 1/10 as much as in my younger years in my career.
You can only afford to work fast when not in a hurry.
If I also take credit for work I've not done I am probably a 1000x dev. Multi year projects shut down in under a hour before they became any trouble.
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#5Based on the last thing I read from this guy, I’m surprised he didn’t include having a spouse, kids or friends on his list of avoidable blunders.
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#6Based on the last thing I read from this guy, I’m surprised he didn’t include having a spouse, kids or friends on his list of avoidable blunders.
link please
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#7Stop that blundering! https://youtube.com/watch?v=QoSN7oalIec
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#8Thought of chess immediately after seeing the title.
I really do recommend everyone play. There are innumerable insights like this that arise (though this may be true of any sufficiently complex game).
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#9The problem is you don't know if it's a blunder until after.
Blunders are things you _could_ or _should_ have avoided, had you only taken a moment to pause and think.
By "blunders", the author includes both those which can be prevented (see section "Preventable blunders") and those which can't. This is one of the reasons this article is silly.
Next in the series is, "Avoid accidents: 80% of being a good driver."
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