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Suffering-Oriented Programming (2012)

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81 points whalesalad | 1 comments | 10 Apr 25 18:11 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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supportengineer ◴[10 Apr 25 20:08 UTC] No.43647596[source]▶
I have a principle called "the principle of maximum inconvenience".

This principle tells you that whatever you should be doing right now, is the most inconvenient possible path at this time.

It serves as a guide to help orient me in life especially when I'm at a crossroads.

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1. chuckadams ◴[11 Apr 25 00:44 UTC] No.43649330[source]▶
I think Deadpool summed it up pretty well with "maximum effort". Though I think the whole path-of-most-resistance thing goes back to Marcus Aurelius at least.