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Hofstadter's Law

“Hofstadter's Law” is that things will always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law (which is that things will always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law).
Dude, I knew this job was gona take longer than I expected, so I quoted extra, but now it’s taking even longer than that.
Hofstadter's Law is screwing me over
by cjbatz May 8, 2009
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