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Michael W Lucas @mwlucas

'Any time you hear the phrase “should work,” immediately ask, “How can I verify that it *does* work?”'

It took me far too many years to learn this.

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dan @ddpbsd

@mwlucas When I use "should work," I mean "try it and let me know how it goes."

polishdub @polishdub

@ddpbsd @mwlucas To anyone who mentions that something "should work", I kindly point out that the person is speaking theoretically. :D

Michael W Lucas @mwlucas

@polishdub @ddpbsd But in theory, there's no difference between theory and practice! 🤣

DevOops Deprecated BiF @dch

@mwlucas corollary: for thing T that works, can you verify that not-T doesn't? Hope that makes sense, I'm thinking of firewall rules here mainly. no ports open? no accidental fwds and rdrs enabled?

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