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hello hello it's dana and dave i hope |
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everybody is doing well today |
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i want to talk to you today about a |
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technique |
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that can well change your life |
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now |
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we all love |
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a good cup of joe yeah |
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that is good |
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you know it |
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gives you a little bit of boost doesn't |
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it especially if you have the |
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caffeinated gun |
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as developers that's primarily who i'm |
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going to talk to today but |
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this technique that i'm going to talk |
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about also applies to other areas of |
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your life as well |
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how many times |
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as a developer |
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have you been working on |
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a |
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particular solution in code or you're |
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trying to fix an issue |
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and |
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you get everything just right you get |
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that feature complete |
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and all of a sudden |
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out of nowhere |
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it just |
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is not |
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working |
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and you're like what the |
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and you know it's times like that |
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where |
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what if you could call |
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a friend phone a friend |
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or what if there was a hotline |
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where you could call and smite could |
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just |
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give you the answer right away |
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well |
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listen i know you're gonna think i'm |
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crazy |
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but there is such a hotline |
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yep |
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yep |
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it has to do with a |
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duck |
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this happens to be a really |
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smart duck though |
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i mean you can tell |
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he's got |
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his |
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ear |
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thing in here i mean he's a true support |
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desk kind of duck |
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notice he's holding a computer this duck |
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knows |
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a lot about computers |
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and he knows a lot about many different |
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kinds of code |
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i don't care if you're working in c |
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sharp |
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or you're working in |
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typescript or you're working in angular |
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or react or |
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view js or whatever it happens to be |
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this duck's pretty smart |
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so |
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you're probably wondering okay |
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you're crazy |
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ducks |
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can't |
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help me with my code |
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what are they going to do are they going |
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to just |
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look at my code and say uh yeah right |
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right |
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there's the issue right there |
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are they really going to do that i don't |
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know |
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probably |
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not right |
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that's crazy |
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well come to find out there is |
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this technique or method |
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it does involve a duck |
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and of the rubber duck |
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bath time kind of |
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way |
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but at your desk |
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now |
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a good friend of mine recently |
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gave me a shirt |
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and i'm wearing it now let me see if i |
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can get it into focus here |
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let's see can you see that let's see yep |
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let me go back to the big screen here |
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can you see this |
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yep |
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explain it |
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have you tried to explain it to the |
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rubber duck i know that was really |
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awkward but i've got these headphones in |
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and the the cable's only so long |
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so |
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have you tried explaining it to the |
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rubber duck |
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well |
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this is nothing |
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new many of you may already know about |
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this |
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and for those that do |
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maybe this will provide some little |
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entertainment and a different |
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perspective on it |
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but for those of you |
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those of you that have not heard of it |
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well |
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the idea here |
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is to |
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first |
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get you a rubber duck |
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now your rubber duck |
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could look like this one |
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or it could just be a basic rubber duck |
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you know that you played with as a kid |
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in the bathtub |
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you set it on your desk |
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and |
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when those moments come |
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where |
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you just can't figure out what went |
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wrong |
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because hey you didn't change anything |
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did you it just all of a sudden |
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stopped working |
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well |
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i think we all can appreciate that |
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computers just don't lie |
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very rarely |
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is it actually a problem that we didn't |
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cause |
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so |
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the idea is |
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you look at your duck on the on the desk |
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you say hey duck |
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here's what i'm trying to do let me show |
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you my code |
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and i'm going to explain |
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what it is that i am trying to |
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accomplish with this code |
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and i'm going to walk you line by line |
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of what it is that |
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i'm doing and where i believe the issue |
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is related to or anything like that |
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and lo and behold what happens is |
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as you're explaining it to the duck |
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the duck is intently listening by the |
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way and very interested in |
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what you have to say |
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because |
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it's a smart duck |
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but as you explain that |
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to the duck |
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oftentimes what happens |
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is you recognize something that you |
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could have been staring at for hours |
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right just trying to figure out maybe |
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you left and tried to come back with a |
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fresh perspective too because you'd |
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already wasted so much time trying to |
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figure out the little issue |
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um because that's what it always ends up |
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being right it's usually something |
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really |
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simple |
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and maybe even stupid it could be a typo |
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i mean how many times have you gotten a |
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syntax there and just didn't realize it |
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so as you're explaining it to the duck |
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you realize |
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hey there's my issue i found it |
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but it's that process of verbalizing it |
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and explaining it |
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to the duck |
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now |
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you may be saying listen this is silly |
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i'm not gonna put a duck on my desk |
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well i mean i kind of had the same |
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thought even though i wear the shirt |
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proudly |
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of the duck |
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i |
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took a little different route with mine |
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because |
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not every issue |
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requires the same |
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kind of perspective to fix right |
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and that is dependent upon my mood |
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as well |
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because if i'm |
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you know i've got the music pranking in |
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the background you know i'm jam |
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you know got it going on |
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i'm feeling pretty good but |
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a little frustrated |
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i may want a different kind of response |
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from |
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the duck |
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then i do if i am just |
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ticked off |
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and |
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i'm at my wit's end |
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so sometimes i could do with a little |
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bit of humor just kind of help me |
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through it |
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sometimes i need a little more direct |
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response |
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sometimes i just need somebody to refute |
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me you know regardless of what i say |
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just to drive me to find the answer |
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in a different way or quicker |
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so |
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here's what i've done |
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on my desk |
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i have used |
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these funko pop |
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from the office |
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so you can see here i've got |
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jim halpert you know and i've got |
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uh michael and i've got |
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dwight |
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and i've got |
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some others |
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pam |
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and i've got kevin |
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and |
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i've got daryl |
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each of these have very different |
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personalities right |
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so when i was saying a few minutes ago |
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sometimes i just need somebody to |
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reject any idea that i have regardless |
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i'm gonna pick up |
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my dwight |
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here's my dwight by the way |
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i'm gonna say dwight and he's gonna say |
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false |
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yeah right away so |
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the reason i bring this up is because |
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you need to find your rubber duck |
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sometimes people can work for this |
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um |
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sometimes |
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and |
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man i just realized i have not been |
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sharing my screen |
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there is my |
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um |
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there's my office funko pop characters |
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so |
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yeah think about what i said just few |
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minutes ago and then look at this |
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picture and you'll see what i've done |
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here |
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and that's that's my desk right there |
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and so i've got my little funko pop |
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characters there and |
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depending on who i want uh what kind of |
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personality i'm expecting |
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back i kind of use it but find your own |
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you know funko pop or |
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whatever you know your own character |
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your own vibe maybe you're a star wars |
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fanatic or something like that and you |
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really want to kind of use some of the |
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characters and their personalities there |
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but it's important sometimes people can |
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work for this you know |
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but sometimes they'll get in the way too |
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you know because everybody has their own |
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perspective and ideas and |
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they start talking too much and it's |
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like you're not really just explaining |
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things |
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and trying to enlighten yourself on what |
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happened |
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without going down a few rabbit holes or |
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potentially there |
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um but that's a good technique too i |
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mean co coding and things like that i do |
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it all the time |
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i love it there's a lot of benefits to |
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it that far outweigh just finding a you |
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know a solution to an annoying problem |
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there |
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but find your rubber duck |
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and i hope this technique helps you |
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in |
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your issues that you have from time to |
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time in code and you're trying to just |
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find the answer there |
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so |
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i'm dna and dave if you like this |
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thanks take care and have a great |
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day |