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Re:I suspect many task deadlines are designed to force engin... by bravura on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @04:11PM (#24497148)
“Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.” - Grey's law
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Re:I suspect many task deadlines are designed to force engin... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @05:25PM (#24498134)
"Never attribute to stupidity that which can be adequately explained by systemic incentives promoting malice."

-- Yours Truly's Razor ;) (though I still prefer "Hanlon's Handgun")

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21691718

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Re:I suspect many task deadlines are designed to force engin... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @04:44PM (#24497641)
I've quoted that before, but never heard it called "Grey's law". Who is Grey?
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Re:I suspect many task deadlines are designed to force engin... by RankingMember on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @04:25PM (#24497354)
Is there a law yet that describes how, for any situation, someone's created a law that applies to it?

(tongue-in-cheek...I just feel like every day there's a new law I learn that applies perfectly to a situation. I can't keep track of them all!)

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