Works every time.

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Reivax@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 3y

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.

huquad@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y (4 replies)

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

JonVonBasslake@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y (3 replies)

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

huquad@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Wooosh

Anonymoose@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

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

huquad@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

You know, I'm something of a woosh myself

unconsciousvoidling@lemmy.one · 8 pts · 3y

Cunningham’s law

Klear@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y (3 replies)

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

bighi@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y (2 replies)

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

dukk@programming.dev · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Point proven.

bighi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Was it?