- Some people, when confronted with a problem, think, "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems.
- Some people, when faced with a problem, think, "I know, I'll use #binary." Now they have 10 problems.
- Some programmers, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use floating point arithmetic." Now they have 1.999999999997 problems.
- Some people, wanting an escape from their full-time job, think "I know, I'll contribute to open source." Now they have two full-time jobs.
- Some people, when confronted with a problem, think: "I know, I'll think outside the box!" Now, they have 3.75 problems, an entirely new framework, and three dozen toll house cookies cooling in the kitchen.
- Some people when confronted with a desire to use pithy quotes in their presentations think "I know, I'll use something from Star Wars". Now two problems they have.
Source: https://joindiaspora.com/posts/1653418
More from the original source: http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/201204/two_problems.html
