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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

This is an old Stack Overflow approach. Don't say that you can't figure out how to do something in Linux, say that Linux can't do it. You'll get examples.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This effect has been well studied and is known as Murphy's law.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The heck? Murphy's Law is "if something can go wrong, it will go wrong, often in the most catastrophic way possible".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Or he's playing into the joke... wooshes all around?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Cunningham’s law

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty cool concept. It's called the Dunning–Kruger effect.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, the Dunning-Kruger is what makes water easy to compress.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago