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by mcguire 1685 days ago
Step 1.5: Decide you're not making progress on the problem, look up the answer on MSE, say, "OK, I get that" and go on.

Alternate: Ask a question, get a not-quite-right answer, and find yourself completely stuck two chapters further in with no way of figuring out where you went wrong.