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Re:You Suck at Excel with Joel Spolsky (2015) [video] by hellofunk on Friday September 09, 2016 @12:16AM (#12459597)
I wasn't making any direct comparison, just making a general point using well-known historical figures.
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Re:You Suck at Excel with Joel Spolsky (2015) [video] by unixhero on Monday September 19, 2016 @02:03AM (#12529298)
In fact ... You induced Goodwins Law.

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Godwin's law (or Godwin's rule of Nazi analogies) is an Internet adage asserting that "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazism or Hitler approaches 1"—​​that is, if an online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes on long enough, sooner or later someone will ...

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