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Re:Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Exp... by zombot on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @04:56AM (#43170013)
Still, "never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity".
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Re:Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Exp... by ruytlm on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @06:11AM (#43170475)
To put it simply: this is not adequately explained by stupidity.
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Re:Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Exp... by naijaboiler on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @07:26AM (#43171001)
in a practical sense, well executed stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.
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Re:Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Exp... by kgwxd on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @05:29AM (#43170185)
I really hate that aphorism. Malicious people love it though. “Fool me once…”
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Re:Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Exp... by throw0101c on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @06:54AM (#43170789)
> Still, "never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity".

¿Porque no los dos?

> “I voted for him, and he’s the one who’s doing this,” she said of Mr. Trump. “I thought he was going to do good things. He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.”

* https://archive.is/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/us/flo...

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Re:Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Exp... by _DeadFred_ on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @08:04PM (#43179486)
Except these people have stated their intentions as malicious over and over and over so there is no need to 'ascribe' anything to them.
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