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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Cunningham’s law

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

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

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

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

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