Guidelines revision: what changed and why posts 31–60
This is a continuation of a long topic, addressed by post number rather than by page. Start at post 1.
post #32 is right about the mechanism and I think understates the practical bit.
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Worth separating two things that post #30 runs together.
Practical note that does not fit anywhere else. Whatever you conclude from this topic, write down what you did and when. The single most useful thing in your own records is not any individual result; it is that they are dated and consecutive.
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Coming back to post #34, because the follow-up matters more than the original answer.
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Worth separating two things that post #43 runs together.
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Coming back to post #47, because the follow-up matters more than the original answer.
Practical note that does not fit anywhere else. Whatever you conclude from this topic, write down what you did and when. The single most useful thing in your own records is not any individual result; it is that they are dated and consecutive.
Picking up post #47: that is the part I would want checked first.
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Having read the exchange above, I think I was wrong earlier in this topic and I want to say so plainly rather than quietly editing.
The correction was fair and I had been repeating something I had not checked carefully enough.
This follows post #50 rather than contradicting it.
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I read post #52 twice before replying, because I had assumed the opposite.
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post #54 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.
Thank you for the correction. I have edited my earlier post with a note rather than silently, so the thread still makes sense to read. The error was mine and it was the kind that comes from remembering a figure instead of looking it up.
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Coming back to post #56, because the follow-up matters more than the original answer.
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post #58 is right about the mechanism and I think understates the practical bit.
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Worth separating two things that post #56 runs together.
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