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While you may be right, I think this could just be a classic example of Hanlon's razor.
by cspags 9y ago
While you may be right, I think this could just be a classic example of Hanlon's razor.
- bhouston 9y agoIncredibly incompetent. This is a well known issue with any dynamic pricing ecommerce site.
- sametmax 9y agoOnly if this is the only check. You can implement ut for ergonomics
- logicallee 9y agoFor example, as reported in this thread (I didn't test), without javascript the page reads "0 days". Then that 0 is updated automatically. Obviously it SHOULD read "loading..." and then that loading... text should be replaced. Why do I point this out? Because this oversight coincidentally serves the purposes of the page (its humor), it's a particularly strong impact when that reads 0 days. It's not supposed to actually read that way, but, there you have it. A good example of the principle in practice.
- Semaphor 9y agoYou need to allow everything from twitter and related domains even frames for it to show anything but 0. I was wondering what I missed this time.
- stevenh 9y agoHanlon's razor is an intellectually dishonest way to prematurely end a discussion and claim you're right without any evidence. The next time I steal 10,000 BTC from a bitcoin exchange I'm hired to code for, remind me to crawl sites for discussions about the incident so I can throw the term "Hanlon's razor" around and demoralize the seeds of investigation before they sprout. Why would you ever feel compelled to invoke Hanlon's razor? Are you not intrigued by the possibility of malice? Is it so painful to speculate? Does it frighten you to think you might live in a world where bad things happen because people actually do them on purpose most of the time and lie to cover it up? What bothers you about this so much that you don't even want to begin to talk about it? Other than that, I see no reason to suffocate a discussion with Hanlon's razor unless you are affiliated with or secretly rooting for the possibly guilty party.
- soneca 9y agoGP only said "i think", GP is not suffocating any discussion. I doubt serious investigations care for what random people say on internet forums. I think your accusations at the end are unfair and out of place, not to say ridiculous.
- stevenh 9y agoI attempted to list every plausible reason someone would ever invoke Hanlon's razor. My goal is partially to illustrate how ridiculous Hanlon's razor is. Let me add another to the list. People like to invoke Hanlon's razor to signal how smart they are for knowing what Hanlon's razor is. Can you provide one actual good reason to use Hanlon's razor, ever? You seem to think he had a good reason that I've missed. What is it?
- soneca 9y agoYour perception of people repeating this line is very weird to me. Hanlon's razor is not something you "invoke" to end a discussion. It is not a constitunional law. It is not a physical law. It is not even an informal guideline to guide arguments in the internet. It is just a clever line you quote to represent your opinion. It is just like to say "occams razor", or "red herring", or any other expression that means something. I think you take internet debate too serious and give way, but waaaaay too much importance to the words some random person chose to express their opinion. I read the original sentence with exact same meaning of "i think it was incompetence, not theft". Why to use this expression then? Because maybe they thought it was a shorter way to express the whole opinion. You are reading too much into it
- sevenfive 9y agoThe difference is when you call something a "red herring" you also point out why. Or if you invoke "occam's razor" you simultaneously propose a simpler explanation. Whereas Hanlon's razor comments like the one above literally do nothing except say "Hanlon." Anyway, I don't think me and GP are alone in being irrationally annoyed by this cliche.
- sevenfive 9y agoI don't understand why people make these Hanlon's razor comments. This doesn't put forth any argument or new information, it just mentions the name Hanlon. As if the fact a pithy saying exists gives it authority in itself. Maybe we should start reminding people to consider Nolnah's razor as well.