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From: Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.invalid>
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On 29.05.15 08:44, jan.de.kruyf@gmail.com wrote:
> "Since the Romans have taught us "Simplex Veri Sigillum" --that is: simplicity is the hallmark of truth-- we should know better, but complexity continues to have a morbid attraction."  (EWD898)

We know the Romans knew how to sophisticate.
Yet, simplicity continues to be a honeypot.