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[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And you can greatly boost learning by applying Cunningham's Law.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Cunningham’s Law.

"the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Famously, and in formal completion of Cunningham's law disapproval. Cunningham has never said that, and actually disagrees with the aphorism, he's been quoted qualifying it as a misquote and a proof of misinformation spread on the internet in complete self-defeating disprove.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I hear you, but I choose to ignore this info.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I expected a Rick Roll there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Me: "Cunningham's law says the best way to get a correct answer online is to post an incorrect one and wait to be corrected."

Cunningham: "Uhm ackshually"

Me: …

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

There's also Poe's law about conservation of energy.