The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhat a concept!startrek.websiteimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1450arrow-down117
arrow-up1433arrow-down1imageWhat a concept!startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up48arrow-down1·6 months agoWell, they can, it just makes the peasants hate you. It’s not just that though. Anyone can get tunnel vision. A basic set of aphorisms is useful to keep yourself on task. For example, let’s say you’re the greatest general who ever lived and Russia’s being a petty bitch and keeps running away from fights. You can either read a basic set of fundamental rules to remind yourself not to lose it all with greed, or
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·6 months agoIt’s like the IT version of “did you check that the computer is properly plugged in ?” Everyone roll their eyes having to check the plug but a lot of the time the issue can be something basic like that.
minus-squareDreamButt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoReminds me of that time I drove an hour across town to one of our remote offices… Only for the printer to be unplugged AND the cable to be sitting in the hallway (you could trip over it!)
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoOr invade Russia, split your armies on the way to Moscow, and end up in Russia during winter with a splintered supply line?
Well, they can, it just makes the peasants hate you.
It’s not just that though.
Anyone can get tunnel vision. A basic set of aphorisms is useful to keep yourself on task.
For example, let’s say you’re the greatest general who ever lived and Russia’s being a petty bitch and keeps running away from fights.
You can either read a basic set of fundamental rules to remind yourself not to lose it all with greed, or
It’s like the IT version of “did you check that the computer is properly plugged in ?”
Everyone roll their eyes having to check the plug but a lot of the time the issue can be something basic like that.
Reminds me of that time I drove an hour across town to one of our remote offices… Only for the printer to be unplugged AND the cable to be sitting in the hallway (you could trip over it!)
Or invade Russia, split your armies on the way to Moscow, and end up in Russia during winter with a splintered supply line?