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List of eponymous laws (en.wikipedia.org)

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This is the page you can learn about things like Cunningham's law which states that every program attempts to expand until it can read mail

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Amazing.

The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

😆

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

...range from significant scientific laws such as Newton's laws of motion, to humorous examples such as Murphy's law

Wait, I thought Murphy's law is actually a serious one.