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[randomness]

"The 'Hey, this is just a system I can figure out easily!' is also a problem among engineers first diving into the stock market." --Randall Munroe, rollover for http://xkcd.com/592/

Comments

[contrariety.livejournal.com]

This may be my favorite XKCD comic ever. It certainly nails something I find very frustrating about geeks, at times.

[bryant]

Heh. That was just a little bit poignant for me.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

oh god yes.

[marmota.livejournal.com]

Huh. I thought most drama is worth keeping.

Consider:
http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=437

[a-dodecahedron.livejournal.com]

Oh hell yes.

A comment you'll never see on Slashdot: "That is indeed a complex problem with no easy solution. I don't know the answer."

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

Heh! Not like we don't know anyone who believes in a new, improved sexual ethics that removes all the old problems (and replaces them with new ones).

And so, like any group burning for idealistic reform ... they wanted one correct rule, to be followed by every correct believer. -- E. J. Graff, "What Is Marriage For?"