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placebo
8 months ago
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Do the simplest thing that could possibly work
Really surprised there in no mention of William of Ockham - you know, the guy that made razors...
alexjm
8 months ago
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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.
threetonesun
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Ol' Billy Ockham never saw a world with six bladed personal razors though.
nrvn
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To honor the memory of this noble man I am using a single bladed razor.
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