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...always surprise me how stepping away from a problem for a while often leads to a solution within minutes when returning. After banging my head on a problem (restoring events after loading SVG data) for a couple hours. This morning, solved the problem in 10 minutes. And yes, this for an article on dynamic SVG. ![Jig | [Dance]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif)
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Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Happens all the time. Particularity in the afternoons for me (as I am a morning person). Running in circles in the afternoon is replaced by "Oh!" in the morning (sometimes come to me as I'm falling asleep, too).
Similar to describing a problem to someone - verbalizing it means retranslating it to yourself, as well, and a possible ah-ha! moment.
Getting away is a way of getting off a mental hamster wheel.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: Similar to describing a problem to someone - verbalizing it means retranslating it to yourself, as well, and a possible ah-ha! moment.
Colleague: Could you please explain it to me?
Me: The blah-di-blah query gets executed, but returns only 256 rows. I've been trying to figure out why so, because there are 32884938 rows. Umm, wait... 256? That sounds like a familiar number. Do you think I may have forgotten to enable record pre-fetching in the driver? In which case it only fetches the first 256 records. I think that should be it.
Colleague: Sorry, what?
Me: Nah, I've got this one. KTYX, BYE.
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Marc Clifton wrote: how stepping away from a problem for a while often leads to a solution
I have a 100% accuracy rate with this method. Not surprised at all. Good for you. 
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I do it my sleep - go to bed having no idea and wake up knowing what to do.
Amazing thing, sleep.
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A_Griffin wrote: I do it my sleep - go to bed having no idea and wake up knowing what to do.
This doesn't work as a pickup line, by the way ...
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In my case the 'stepping away' is literal. I go out and run 4-7 miles at lunchtime several times a week.
I've lost track of how many times a difficult problem just flowed after lunch into an elegant and proper solution.
A brain awash in endorphins is a beautiful thing.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Dual processors (subconscious).
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then".
― Blaise Pascal
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It's much fatser to post it as a question in Q&A.
Two minutes after submitting, you'll figure it out and have to go back in to Q&A and click the nevermind button.
That will save 8 minutes off your ten. 
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Just wouldn't be the same without U and I.
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Unless you're a narcissist. Then it's all about I. 
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Hey...
There is no "U" in "narcissism".
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Quote: One day, when she observed
Narcissus wandering in the pathless woods,
she loved him and she followed him, with soft
and stealthy tread.
[Ovid]
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Are U talking to me ? 
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Just wouldn't be the same without U and I.
"Dysfncton"
Yep, looks like you're right.
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Isn't that a keyword in Haskell?
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Could be a swear word in some language, for all I know.
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PlanetCoin (blogspot PNG)
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Sad Web Design builds mediocre websites that ignore best practices, alienate customers, and reduce sales.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Wow, that's being brutally honest!
I may have found a new sig from it though...
'Lorem Ipsum! Temporary placeholder. Final content will be ready by May 1, 2012.'
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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At least they admit it; unlike iNET-Web[^]
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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Thanks! That's three new entries for my hall of shame from just this thread. 
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