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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Second tangentially off topic reply by me, but hey, it’s chat.

    Something I encounter more often is rather the opposite. When people come to you with problems, (especially technology related, but it fits all types) it’s often “what’s the solution to this weird specific thing?” and that weird specific thing turns out to be a result of them being part way through solving a problem their own weird way, because they neglected to consider the hammer situation.

    In your case I’d be like if you asked me for skateboard grip tape to attach to the cap because it’s too hard to pull off.

    A good technique is to do what you did, recognize something might be wrong here, and try re-understand the original problem, feel good about recognizing it, not foolish for misunderstanding at first.