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I spent half an hour underneath the sink - tight squeeze! - with the water running in various ways and didn't see a drop anywhere. I have a good bright "trouble light" I use for this.

I now have paper towels spread out covering the whole bottom of the cabinet, to try to find where drops land.

It's basically #MurphysLaw , as always 😉

Stell dir vor du hast das einzige Haus weit und breit... #Norwegen #MurphysLaw

I finally changed over my wardrobe to spring/summer (shortsleeves, shorts) & the temps have fallen back to single digits 🙄😒
#TorontoWx #Onwx #MurphysLaw

I did not bring a camera (because it was a Social Nature Walk) so of course I saw this merganser family adorably lined up on a log AND one of the babies (!) catch and scarf a crayfish!

#BirdCallOut #MurphysLaw

Definitely of the same ilk, though Murphy's Law was more about circumstance and misfortune, and Orwell (esp. in context) is talking about misjudgment (lambasting the British government for not occupying Vichy French territories before the Germans, against treaty, exploited them -- Syria, in particular).

Thanks for the comment -- it reminded me that I did not include my #MurphysLaw tag. 🙂

Both this and Murphy's Law itself come from the WW2 era -- as does another relative, Heller's Catch-22. I wonder if there was something about that conflict, or that era, that gave rise to that sort of cynicism / pessimism (perhaps in reaction to WW1 not turning out to have been the War to End All Wars), or if there are predecessors that haven't gotten as much press.

Today's wet race is presented by me. I happened to have a time window of exactly 50 minutes that I am able to be in front of a TV today, starting from five minutes before the race. That was a happy coincidence. But Murphy is more reliable than anything. 🤣

#F1 #MiamiGP #MurphysLaw

#shitIFind #CheckovsGun #SchrodingersCat #OccamsRazor #MurphysLaw

A grid with "Checkov's Gun", "Schrodinger's Cat", "Occam's Razor", and "Murphy's Law"

Checkov's Gun: If a gun is introduced in the first act, it must be fired by the third.
Checkov's Cat: If a box is introduced in the first act, a cat must sit in it by the third.
Checkov's Razor: The simplest way to fire a gun is to pull the trigger.
Checkov's Law: Every gun in a play will be fired.

Schrodinger's Gun: You can't know if a gun is loaded or not, until the trigger is pulled.
Schrodinger's Cat: An unopened box may contain a dead cat, or an alive one, and you won't know until you open it.
Schrodinger's Razor: An unopened box may contain the solution to your problems.
Schrodinger's Law: You can't know that things will go wrong, until they do.

Occam's Gun: The simplest way to kill off a character is to shoot them.
Occam's Cat: If you hear a strange noise at night, it's probably a cat.
Occam's Razor: The simplest explanation is probably the correct one.
Occam's Law: Everything that can be explained, will be explained.

Murphy's Gun: Any gun that can go off, will go off.
Murphy's Cat: Any box that can contain a cat, will contain a cat.
Murphy's Razor: Anything that can be simple, will be simple.
Murphy's Law: Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.

So, jetzt wird es erst einmal für ein paar Wochen regnen.

Habe schließlich die Gartenbewässerung nun smart gemacht.

#murphyslaw

Imagine, Democracy elects Bomb #20 to represent itself.
#murphyslaw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTa2vXL7FI8

I set out to paint my kitchen cabinets like a DIY queen. Instead, I created a masterpiece of chaos featuring permanent handprints, lost screws, and regret. 😂 What’s your biggest DIY fail? Share below!

#DIYFail #PinterestFail #MurphysLaw #Voguegenics

https://voguegenics.com/diy-ambition-or-diy-disaster-murphys-law-in-action/

Bets?

#upgrade #downgrade #SAP #cloud #OldManYellsAtCloud #WhatsTheWorstThatCouldHappen #MurphysLaw #CanadaPost #bureaucracy

A letter from Canada Post is shown, announcing a systems transition. It says "your customer experience will be enhanced when we move from our legacy SAP platform to a next-generation, cloud-based SAP solution".

This phrase has been highlighted by the person posting it.

After being held in russia, school teacher Marc Fogel was returned to the US in exchange for a crypto-criminal,

just in time to witness the elimination of the Dept. of Education.

#Murphyslaw

Service Canada can leave you on hold for an unpredictable length of time. But, with diabolical timing, an agent always seems to answer right when I need to use the washroom.
And no, I won't do my business and talk at the same time...I worked inbound customer service for a major bank when I was in University, and heard quite enough of that, thanks. Their jobs are bad enough. lol.
#servicecanada #murphyslaw #onhold

Watch out for typos. Dont .ne-cap your DNS server.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/mastercard-dns-error-went-unnoticed-for-years/

#cybersecurity #murphyslaw

Wenn Du den ANC Kopfhörer zu Hause lässt und zwei Reihen vor dir im Flieger ein lautes Kind sitzt #murphyslaw

...so one year ago...

https://friendica.world/display/84b6ef2b-3967-96e1-61e7-45c614052628

Another fun Wonderbly moment - we briefly deployed a version of the #OpenGL renderer that used a headshot of one of the founders as the basic texture to a QA cluster, so we could get some screengrabs to use for my upcoming presentation of the GL based scene renderer.

OF COURSE, the QA team ordered some proof books from that cluster in the ten minute interval we were pissing about with it, so "cosmic Nick Marsh" actually exists in a handful of hardcopy #books #MurphysLaw , I wish I had one.

the name 'Claude' is drawn as a constellation in a galaxy in a childrens book. Rather than being built of stars, the constellation is built of particles using a texture map of the disembodied head of a bearded man wearing a cap

"It's an older meme, sir, but it checks out..."
#SchrodingersCat
#ChekhovsGun
#OccamsRazor
#MurphysLaw
#ScienceHumor

This humorous matrix applies well-known principles — Checkov's, Schrödinger's, Occam's, and Murphy's — to four themes: Gun, Cat, Razor, and Law. Each cell blends philosophy, science, and comedy, creating scenarios like Checkov’s Gun (“If a gun is introduced in the first act, it must be fired by the third”), Schrödinger’s Cat (“An unopened box may contain a dead cat, or an alive one, and you won’t know until you open it”), Occam’s Razor (“The simplest explanation is probably the correct one”), and Murphy’s Law (“Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong”). It’s a witty exploration of these principles through clever reinterpretation.

“What could you do differently?” is not a question to save for life’s big moments. It’s a tool for daily living. #stephencovey #mantra4life #chaos #Murphyslaw #manicmonday #patience #emotionalbalance #empower #selfhelp #motivation #wellbeing #mentalhealth

https://jiteshbalakrishnan.blog/2025/01/07/life-changing-question-could-you-do-differently/

### Applied Murphy's Laws for Cryptography (Loose Interpretation)
1. **Law of Encryption Complexity:**
The more complex the encryption algorithm, the faster someone will find a simple way to break it.
2. **Law of Limited Time:**
When there's no time to generate the perfect key, "1234" becomes the default password.
3. **Law of Trust:**
The greatest vulnerability in any cryptosystem is the person using it.
4. **Law of Privacy Illusion:**
The moment you feel completely anonymous, someone will access your metadata.
5. **Law of the Forgotten Key:**
If a private key is created and perfectly secured, you’ll lose access to it at the worst possible moment.
6. **Law of Overconfidence:**
"This algorithm is unbreakable" — until a student proves otherwise in their thesis.
7. **Developer’s Law:**
The best cryptographic solution you design will be broken by your own testing team.
8. **Law of Universality:**
The more universal the crypto algorithm, the more exposed it is to attacks on its weak points.
9. **Law of Resource Economy:**
Every cryptosystem is a compromise between security and performance, but breaking it will always be faster.
10. **Law of Government Interference:**
If your algorithm is good enough to thwart hackers, regulators will demand a backdoor.
11. **Law of the Attacker:**
Your cryptography is never too complex for a hacker, but always too complex for the average user.
12. **Law of Unforeseen Flaws:**
Every algorithm has a vulnerability, but you'll discover it only when it's too late.
13. **Law of Urgent Updates:**
The moment you deploy a new cryptosystem, its algorithm becomes outdated by current standards.
14. **Law of Retrospect:**
"No one will break RSA in our lifetime" — until quantum computers prove otherwise.
15. **Law of Entropy:**
The more complex the password, the more likely the user is to write it on a sticky note and attach it to their monitor.
16. **Law of Crypto-Anarchy:**
The more secure your system, the more it annoys governments and corporations.
17. **Law of Simplicity:**
If something in cryptography looks too simple to be broken, it's already been compromised.
18. **Key Length Law:**
The moment you double the key length, someone finds an attack that breaks both the old and new versions.
19. **Law of Paranoia:**
In cryptography, you’re either not paranoid enough or already too late.
20. **Law of the Last Test:**
The biggest vulnerability will be discovered one minute after the system goes live.
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