Re: All I Ever Needed To Know About Computer Programming I Learned In Shop Class

"Measure twice cut once" is a good general rule, but like many general rules there are specific cases in which it can or should be broken. Sometimes there's no more accurate way to fit a joint than to cut one piece a little large to start and to "sneak up on the cut" by making progressive small cuts toward the proper size. Test your joint to make sure it fits, and stop cutting.

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Re^2: All I Ever Needed To Know About Computer Programming I Learned In Shop Class by locked_user sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Dec 07, 2010 at 19:25 UTC
(Nods...) And a person skilled in joinery can cut the piece with exactly an appropriate amount of selvage wood (so as not to unnecessarily waste wood on the stock piece), and can execute the finer-and-finer cuts until he arrives exactly at a joint that’s stronger than any nail. What looks like trial-and-error, though, is anything but that. BTW: I know that I am not “preaching and teaching” here ... not to this esteemed community of developers, some of whom are responsible for some of the most-astonishing software I have ever seen (and know that I will never match). I am ... meditating. Thinking about the process. That’s all. That’s all.

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by locked_user sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Dec 07, 2010 at 19:25 UTC

(Nods...) And a person skilled in joinery can cut the piece with exactly an appropriate amount of selvage wood (so as not to unnecessarily waste wood on the stock piece), and can execute the finer-and-finer cuts until he arrives exactly at a joint that’s stronger than any nail. What looks like trial-and-error, though, is anything but that.

BTW: I know that I am not “preaching and teaching” here ... not to this esteemed community of developers, some of whom are responsible for some of the most-astonishing software I have ever seen (and know that I will never match). I am ... meditating. Thinking about the process. That’s all. That’s all.