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Re:It's Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was ... by MichaelZuo on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @11:04PM (#45511611)
Why would you mindlessly type away when you already know ahead of time, that they might be doing something tricky?
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Re:It's Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was ... by delaminator on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @06:18AM (#45514373)
because the previous 30 times it didn't do it
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Re:It's Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was ... by MichaelZuo on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @07:19PM (#45521731)
Then it clearly it is an issue of overconfidence.

Since you can’t reliably catch 100% of tricks 100% of the time, continuing to do so is effectively guaranteering yourself to be tripped up in that 1 out of 100 times.

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