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csours · 2024-10-15 · Original thread
Puttiers: When a junior engineer fixes something, but a different error is returned, so they cannot tell if progress was made or not.

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justified: in the sense of deriving from evidence

true: because it doesn't make sense to "know" a falsehoood

belief: i.e., a proposition in your head

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Justified: there is an error message

true: there is an error condition

belief: the engineer observes the message and condition

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