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Re:C++ Patterns: The Badge by nwallin on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @07:37PM (#20160500)
There's a name for this phenomena: Hyrum's Law.

> With a sufficient number of users of an API, it does not matter what you promise in the contract: all observable behaviors of your system will be depended on by somebody.

http://www.hyrumslaw.com/

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Re:C++ Patterns: The Badge by kjeetgill on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @02:21AM (#20162206)
I never knew it had a "real name". I always referenced back to the comic: https://xkcd.com/1172/

Essentially, a bugfix that prevents CPU overheating breaks someone's workflow involving a temperature sensor (jokingly).

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