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There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
fred rosenberger wrote:Don't assume everyone knows what all your acronyms mean.
Never say "Everyone already knows...", because then if someone does NOT know, they can't ask for clarification without feeling stupid.
. . . that 70% of statistics quoted in lectures are made up on the spot.fred rosenberger wrote:. . . "Everyone already knows...", . . .
Satyaprakash Joshii wrote:
fred rosenberger wrote:Don't assume everyone knows what all your acronyms mean.
Never say "Everyone already knows...", because then if someone does NOT know, they can't ask for clarification without feeling stupid.
Can you tell one example.
Liutauras Vilda wrote:
Satyaprakash Joshii wrote:
fred rosenberger wrote:Don't assume everyone knows what all your acronyms mean.
Never say "Everyone already knows...", because then if someone does NOT know, they can't ask for clarification without feeling stupid.
Can you tell one example.
Combined two into one.
...check jls and you'll see that I was right. I think no need to tell what jls is, as I'm sure everyone knows already...
And try to be in a position of a poor listener and google it: https://www.google.com/search?q=jls&rlz=1C5GCEM_enGB898GB898&oq=jls&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l3j46j0j46l2.931j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Wanna guess what I had in mind?
Campbell Ritchie wrote:
. . . that 70% of statistics quoted in lectures are made up on the spot.fred rosenberger wrote:. . . "Everyone already knows...", . . .
There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
fred rosenberger wrote:5) Don't assume everyone knows what all your acronyms mean.
6) Never say "Everyone already knows...", because then if someone does NOT know, they can't ask for clarification without feeling stupid.