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Re:Do the simplest thing that could possibly work by placebo on Saturday August 30, 2025 @05:28AM (#45073245)
Really surprised there in no mention of William of Ockham - you know, the guy that made razors...
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Re:Do the simplest thing that could possibly work by threetonesun on Saturday August 30, 2025 @10:30AM (#45074989)
Ol' Billy Ockham never saw a world with six bladed personal razors though.
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Re:Do the simplest thing that could possibly work by nrvn on Saturday August 30, 2025 @12:28PM (#45075894)
To honor the memory of this noble man I am using a single bladed razor.
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Re:Do the simplest thing that could possibly work by alexjm on Saturday August 30, 2025 @08:38PM (#45079303)
Watch out for Occam's Hacksaw: Any complex problem can be made to look simple by hacking away enough parts of it as "not essential", saying you'll handle them in version two.
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