James_Blair comments on April Fools - Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Joke Chapter - Less Wrong

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Comment author: James_Blair 02 April 2012 04:14:41AM *  0 points [-]

Comment author: bogus 02 April 2012 05:24:13AM 5 points [-]

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Comment author: jimrandomh 02 April 2012 05:13:30PM 4 points [-]

In this case, the timing is simply not possible. That would mean, here, you shouldn't have done it.

I disagree. Letting such a good idea go to waste just because of a time-zone issue is a clear case of the perfect an being enemy of the good. (I do think it makes sense to edit the title to say April Fools, now that it's no longer April 1, though.)