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In the HN thread about the initial outage (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34363743 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34363743) I legitimately Occam's R
by minimaxir 4y ago
In the HN thread about the initial outage (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34363743 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34363743) I legitimately Occam's Razored into the issue being an API outage because Elon wouldn't be so stupid to kill third-party apps randomly, with all the trickle-down effects that entails.
I'll give Elon credit for finding new ways to surprise me.
- netsharc 4y agoCan I get my own razor for "If one of the possible answers is Elon is being an idiot, that's probably it."
- slater 4y agoHenceforth known as Netsharc’s Razor :D
- DemocracyFTW2 4y agoNever attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, now amended by If it could have been malice or stupidity, first make sure it wasn't Elon Musk
- sp332 4y agoI really thought if it were intentional he would have made a bigger deal about it.
- ceejayoz 4y agoI think he learned a sort-of lesson last time, and is now hoping not confirming it will dodge the worst of the uproar.