News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Simple Sabotage Field Manual (1944) [pdf] by peteradio on Thursday February 13, 2020 @08:20PM (#22323122)
> Always be profuse in your apologies. Frequently you can "get away" with such acts under the cover of pretending stupidity, Ignorance...

I've always despised Hanlon's razor for this exact reason. "Hurr durr guess it's ok he's just stupid for that instant" gives so much cover just because there some fuckin "razor". Well this razor in particular is bullshit.

Re:Simple Sabotage Field Manual (1944) [pdf] by drdeca on Thursday February 13, 2020 @09:31PM (#22323502)
Maybe that is where the "sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice" rejoinder is supposed to come in?
Re:Simple Sabotage Field Manual (1944) [pdf] by azernik on Thursday February 13, 2020 @11:06PM (#22323878)
I would think it's the other way around: "sufficiently sophisticated malice is indistinguishable from stupidity".