Hanlon’s twin blade razor: never attribute to malice or incompetence alone what can be attributed to the combination of the two
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Point taken -- though in most cases, wouldn't we prefer incompetent malice to effective malice?
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Kept wondering what the aloe strip was after you tweeted this. Current attempt:
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Hanlon's good faith razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which might be explained by strategic competence
• Our torrent client should have built-in search → No, we'll get sued
• Let's be transparent about pricing → Then we can't charge price insensitive customers more
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