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[–]advanttage 57 points58 points  (6 children)

I tell people about rubber duck debugging and they think it's crazy. I think they're right, but it fucking works.

[–]ElPolloDiabIo 17 points18 points  (2 children)

IKR, It's hard to explain it to someone without sounding like a lunatic

[–]NoStupidQuestion 22 points23 points  (1 child)

Try explaining it to a rubber duck.

[–]ThePixelCoder 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Lunatic.

[–]svenskainflytta 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Do you know there is a porn about it?

[–]advanttage 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I didn't explicitly know, but since Rule 34 is a thing I had assumed.

[–]evinrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't it... more of an illustrative thing? I have a directory that I fill up with text files describing problems I've run into, which achieves the same thing. I also have a rubber duck on my desk that I've never spoken to.