"If we want to learn to use a system, part of that is speeding up this process of operant conditioning - learning what's safe, and what to avoid. Having an adequate mental model of the system seems to be a key part of that, because it lets you figure out this mapping of action to … Continue reading Nothing’s More Practical Theory
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Swallowing the Elephant (Part 1)
"Years ago while interning in the rendering group at Pixar, I learned an important lesson: “interesting” things almost always come to light when a software system is given input with significantly different characteristics than it’s seen before. Even for well-written and mature software systems, new types of input almost always expose heretofore unknown shortcomings in … Continue reading Swallowing the Elephant (Part 1)
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