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by ta2112 779 days ago
And THIRD. Real problems are really hard to solve. If they weren't, then everyone would solve them and you couldn't make any money on your solution. So while I'm midway working my way through a solution, everyone decides to stop by my desk and say, "Why don't you just do X? Problem solved!" Funny, X is the very first thing I thought of myself, but it's more complicated than that. So I keep working through my solution, casually nodding at the peanut gallery as it cycles by.