TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoOnce it's on the Internet, it stays forever, but only for the things you DON'T want. For the things you DO want, it will be wiped off the face of the Earth by tomorrow.message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1371arrow-down19
arrow-up1362arrow-down1message-squareOnce it's on the Internet, it stays forever, but only for the things you DON'T want. For the things you DO want, it will be wiped off the face of the Earth by tomorrow.TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareTheEntity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down5·3 days agoOr more accurately: Finagle’s law, often confused with Murphy’s law. Murphy’s law is more about UI design that shouldn’t allow for mistakes. Finagle’s law is about bad luck and the general perversity of the universe.
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·3 days agoMurphy’s law predates anything that could be considered UI design.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 days agoMurphy’s law is that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong eventually It did potentially originate from an aerospace engineer talking about safe plane design, but the law as everyone knows it is the one above. Finagle’s law is an extension of Murphy’s law by replacing “eventually” with “at the worst possible moment”
Or more accurately: Finagle’s law, often confused with Murphy’s law. Murphy’s law is more about UI design that shouldn’t allow for mistakes. Finagle’s law is about bad luck and the general perversity of the universe.
Murphy’s law predates anything that could be considered UI design.
Murphy’s law is that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong eventually
It did potentially originate from an aerospace engineer talking about safe plane design, but the law as everyone knows it is the one above.
Finagle’s law is an extension of Murphy’s law by replacing “eventually” with “at the worst possible moment”