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		yitchelle on April 18, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I found two identical packs of Skittles among 468 ... alternatively, it will work, but you won't know why it worked.

eru on April 19, 2019 [–]

And so you might not know how to replicate it, yet alone adapt it.

With enough experience you might be able to build an informal, tacit model in your brain, though.

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