Re:Firefox 42 will not allow unsigned extensions
by kragen on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @04:03PM
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It sounds like you're saying that using English as the lingua franca of aviation puts at risk the lives of flight crews for whom English is not a native language, as well as their passengers. This seems like a good example of how English-as-lingua-franca gives special worldwide advantages to native English speakers.
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Re:Firefox 42 will not allow unsigned extensions
by Zancarius on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @08:52PM
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Not at all.
What I'm suggesting is that having a standard for communication is less likely to put lives at risk. I can't help but wonder if you're invoking Poe's Law by advocating from what is arguably an extremely fringe standpoint.
Otherwise, the alternative would be to require air traffic controllers to learn a dozen languages, and then you wind up with an even worse problem than having everyone settle on a single language with codified standards.
Didn't the Browser Wars teach you anything? :)