When I wrote this detector originally, I broke things down into several discrete steps

当初编写这个检测器时，我将问题分解为几个单独的步骤

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This kind of "I broke things, so now I will jiggle things randomly until they unbreak" is not acceptable.

这种“我把事搞砸了，就随意地调整直到事情又工作”的方式是不可接受的。

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She broke things. You're left with the choice of do I make her a leper because she's not a part of this or do I just spend all of my time fighting.

这位马萨诸塞沃尔普尔的妈妈提起这事：“她连续三天不跟我讲话，摔东西，最后你只有两个选择：要么让她成为一个脱离社会不受欢迎的人，要么把全部时间用来相互对抗。”

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But eventually I found a book David Mead's "Crash Course: Acoustic Guitar" that broke things down into the tiny steps that adults like me need.

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