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Strong Opinions weakly held

Orginally posted on 07.26.02008 by Paul Saffo, at https://saffo.com

The point of forecasting is not to attempt illusory certainty, but to identify the full range of possible outcomes. Try as one might, when one looks into the future, there is no such thing as “complete” information, much less a “complete” forecast. As a consequence, I have found that the fastest way to an effective forecast is often through a sequence of lousy forecasts. Instead of withholding judgment until an exhaustive search for data is complete, I will force myself to make a tentative forecast based on the information available, and then systematically tear it apart, using the insights gained to guide my search for further indicators and information. Iterate the process a few times, and it is surprising how quickly one can get to a useful forecast.

Since the mid-1980s, my mantra for this process is “strong opinions, weakly held.” Allow your intuition to guide you to a conclusion, no matter how imperfec

-# Taken from https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/removing-sensitive-data-from-a-repository
-# Warning:
-# --------
-# All stashes may be lost!
-PATH_TO_REMOVE=big-folder/commited/by/error
-# 1. Force Git to process, but not check out, the entire history of every branch and tag
-# 2. Remove the specified file, as well as any empty commits generated as a result

	(ns util.redis
	(:refer-clojure :exclude [memoize])
	(:require [taoensso.carmine :as car]))

	;; boilerplate stuff that is not in Carmine

	(def ^:dynamic ^:private pool)
	(def ^:dynamic ^:private spec)

	(defmacro with-redis

	# Usage: ./pw.sh Github.com

	op get item $1 \| jq -r '.details.fields[] \| select(.designation=="password").value' \| xclip -selection c