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We want you to share solutions that solved work problems - but don't explain the problem it solved.

The idea is that someone else, when they have a problem can read this and see if your solution jolts them out of their problem.

(This is obviously a tribute to Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies cards which were filled with stuff like "add backing vocals")

(I helped save b3ta! rob, Tue 15 May 2018, 10:45)
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Hit it again and again and
again with the big hole punch, dragged what was left out to the disused garage behind the office and hid it in the basement. Moved it on again after suspicion had died down. The smell, oh god. The smell...
(Ooooh_cuntroversials_sockpuppet Make O/T great again., Tue 15 May 2018, 22:42, Reply)
Sketch the distribution.

(I helped save b3ta! The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Tue 15 May 2018, 22:12, Reply)
Bring in something that was scrapped for being not fit for purpose five years ago
But, and this is key, rename it with a hip acronym like SUCCESS or PING
(I helped save b3ta! The_cold_stare Coming here only when very, very bored, Tue 15 May 2018, 21:05, Reply)
Don't tell reception there's no TV remote
Just go on b3ta with your teeny works smartphone and run up a big bill entertaining yourself.
(I helped save b3ta! Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Tue 15 May 2018, 19:32, Reply)
Don't bother telling anyone it's worn out
Just cut off the cable.
(I helped save b3ta! Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Tue 15 May 2018, 19:31, Reply)
Don't try to complete two days' work in one day
Pre-load most of the work into a template (taking a few days to create one), then use that to deliver two days' work in one.
(I helped save b3ta! Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Tue 15 May 2018, 19:29, Reply)
Stop using the company's system
Go online and book it all yourself, then claim the expenses.
(I helped save b3ta! Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Tue 15 May 2018, 19:27, Reply)
Give up trying to design one of your own
Buy an approved off the shelf solution and connect it externally.
(I helped save b3ta! Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Tue 15 May 2018, 19:26, Reply)
Try doing what you did two weeks ago
But this time, take turns to talk.
(I helped save b3ta! sp3ccylad carries on breathing all the way up to, say, Tue 15 May 2018, 19:13, Reply)
Ordering a second fridge helped quell the revolution
Then a second microwave. Then a second kitchen area
(I helped save b3ta! The_cold_stare Coming here only when very, very bored, Tue 15 May 2018, 18:47, Reply)
We made the difficult ones redundant

(I helped save b3ta! The_cold_stare Coming here only when very, very bored, Tue 15 May 2018, 18:44, Reply)
It seems odd
But I can 100% confirm that the expense claim for Cream Cheese and Latex-Free Condoms is for a legitimate business reason.
(I helped save b3ta! willenium Fist bump for verification, Tue 15 May 2018, 18:36, Reply)
just view any powerpoint slideshow on your external monitor and minimize the window on the laptop

(I helped save b3ta! buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Tue 15 May 2018, 17:46, Reply)
Find out the resolution you actually need and work accordingly; your project is probably much too big

(I helped save b3ta! amygdala, Tue 15 May 2018, 16:13, 1 reply)
Went for a walk at lunch time
And never bothered going back
(I helped save b3ta! moogman, Tue 15 May 2018, 15:50, Reply)
Print it at 20 degrees from vertical
*edit*

True advice when 3D printing large surfaces on an HP 4200
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 15 May 2018, 15:15, Reply)
Reversed the polarity of the neutron flow.

(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 15 May 2018, 14:25, Reply)
Flick the little hidden switch that says "Wi-fi" on it.

(m4g1cF1ng3rZ Curious Aphorism, Tue 15 May 2018, 14:21, Reply)
Alt-tab away…
…and alt-tab back in again.

There, fixed.
(sjefke rejects Stan, Tue 15 May 2018, 14:15, Reply)
Go and have a shit and play a round of Clash Royale

(m4g1cF1ng3rZ Curious Aphorism, Tue 15 May 2018, 14:13, Reply)
Ignore the client until they solve the problem by themselves

(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Tue 15 May 2018, 14:11, 1 reply)
Raise the percentage of carboxymethyl cellulose.

(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Tue 15 May 2018, 14:00, Reply)
Burn the flammable gas so it doesn't become a stoichiometric mix in an enclosed space.

(I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Tue 15 May 2018, 13:53, Reply)
Try varnishing it first.

(I helped save b3ta! dotmund .co.uk, Tue 15 May 2018, 13:48, Reply)
Try turning it off....



... and back on again.
(I helped save b3ta! Linbox has a serious dunk habit, Tue 15 May 2018, 13:45, Reply)
We don't need a photographer
when we're near Leicester Square and those shit-awful portrait artists.
(I helped save b3ta! mikeisbrill, Tue 15 May 2018, 13:37, Reply)
caffeine

(horrid, Tue 15 May 2018, 13:29, Reply)
Tricked the netscaler into passing on a token with the user id in it so we could identify them without talking to active directory

(I helped save b3ta! Slippery Mick ‏, Tue 15 May 2018, 13:18, 1 reply)

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