Debugging pretty much any multithreaded application…
Rolling dice
Not always! There’s a miniscule chance that you’ll get the same results twice or thrice in a row.
Unknown variables
Nah, just throw all the unknowns into a the error term at the end of the equation and call it a day. All models are wrong, but some are close enough.
Using kubernetes.
This shook me.
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PhD grad student
That’s when you’ve been working on a project for a year and decide to throw it out and try something completely different
Clair Patterson, his lead levels wildly inconsistent, “‘Duck soup’, my ass”
If you are improving consistency by doing the same thing over and over then you are practicing.
In that case the difference is in chance to succeed, not really a different intended outcome which is what the saying is trying to get at.
Gathering statistics
Sometimes I go outside. Sometimes it rains. The two are somewhat correlated.:-)
opening pokemon cards or loot boxes 😭
Quantum physics
Me measuring anything.
Chaos.
Inconsistency
Life