Corollary
Source status: Attributed to Peter
It is never in the last place you look. It is in the first place you look, but it is never discovered on the first attempt. Sent by Peter.
- Peter
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This law belongs with Murphy's Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.
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