When LibreOffice developer Mike Kaganski attempted to send an email to the productivity suite's developer mailing list using a Hotmail address this week, he discovered that his...
  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    1 month ago

    Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetentance

    Is the saying, but it’s definitely not always true.

    • tempest@lemmy.caEnglish
      52·
      1 month ago

      It’s more like some of the best evil can be hidden behind incompetence for quite a while

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 month ago

        I mean, the phrase is for associates and random people you run into for one specific interaction

        Basically:

        Give em the benefit of doubt

        It doesn’t mean if your neighbor kicks you in the balls everyone morning, you still try to shake his hand tomorrow.