Probe of leaked U.S. NSA hacking tools examines operative’s ‘mistake’

Re:Probe of leaked U.S. NSA hacking tools examines operative... by schizoidboy on Sunday September 25, 2016 @04:41AM (#12574475)

This is one of my favorite comments ever. It captures so much. I often find myself in an infinite loop of "maybe X, but on the other hand Y" and periodically I just need to `kill -9`... until the next time curiosity forks.

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Re:Probe of leaked U.S. NSA hacking tools examines operative... by contingencies on Sunday September 25, 2016 @05:32AM (#12574584)

The more general form is known as Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor

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Re:Probe of leaked U.S. NSA hacking tools examines operative... by arca_vorago on Sunday September 25, 2016 @09:48AM (#12575298)

Which i have pointed out time and time again on HN is a logical fallacy on its bare face, it's usually wrong, and is not a useful phrase whatsoever in intellectually honest conversation and should be relegated to the dustbin of phrases where it belongs.

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Re:Probe of leaked U.S. NSA hacking tools examines operative... by kobayashi on Monday September 26, 2016 @01:09AM (#12579366)

In what way is it a logical fallacy?

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Re:Probe of leaked U.S. NSA hacking tools examines operative... by throwanem on Sunday September 25, 2016 @11:50AM (#12575811)

And how has that worked out for you thus far?

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Re:Probe of leaked U.S. NSA hacking tools examines operative... by M_Grey on Sunday September 25, 2016 @01:11PM (#12576195)

It's actually pretty comforting to see that a lot of other people here feel the same way!

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