Mastodawn

@paw While I generally agree with this analysis, in Luxon's case it seems possible that he just said something stupid without thinking it through. #Occam

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Forkidork Feb 10

@cbarbermd #Occam 's razor comes to mind

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Quincy ⁂Feb 7

#Occam doesn't need 5 blades.

Matt Gumbley Nov 28

Not a golang expert, but my hot take from this: https://gaultier.github.io/blog/a_million_ways_to_data_race_in_go.html is that it might have taken channels from CSP, but if you only take that, you’re missing out on much more. #occam

A million ways to die from a data race in Go

B.W. Conway Nov 15

Occam's razor is a principle stating that when faced with competing explanations for a phenomenon, the simplest explanation—the one with the fewest assumptions or entities—is usually the most likely to be true.

#AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #AuthorLife #SciFiWriter #BookLovers #ReadersOfInstagram #IndieAuthor #Bookish #Occamsrazor #Occam

Götz Hoffart Nov 8

Karrieresprung, ich komme!

#occam #transputer #programmieren

Julia Clement Sep 15, 2025

I've come to the conclusion that #conspiracy theorists bypass #Occam's_razor in favour of Occam's epilator!

JdeBP Apr 20, 2025

@keefeglise

No Linux at all. Trams use Occam.

(Your "for the teenagers" references are as nothing to how few people will get this one. (-:)

#Occam #Transputer #Rotterdam

C.Feb 13, 2025

Given that we live in the stupidest timeline[1], I thought this might be useful in reasoning about the world around you ...

Occam's Butterknife: With all else being equal, the stupidest explanation is likely the correct one. [2]

[1] You may have noticed a lot of people have expressed this observation in the last month or so...
[2] I don't care if Steve Sailer has used this term for something else.

#stupid #stupidest #explanation #timeline #occam #OccamsButterknife #StupidestTimeline #reason #reasoning