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Re:Remembering Allan McDonald, who refused to approve the Ch... by whynotminot on Sunday March 07, 2021 @08:50PM (#26381589)
Move and fast and break things makes perfect sense when you're making a dog walking app and need to win time to market.

The mindset is different when building truly critical systems.

There's not really anything unethical about moving fast and accepting the risk that comes with that for most of the things people are building here.

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Re:Remembering Allan McDonald, who refused to approve the Ch... by coffeefirst on Monday March 08, 2021 @12:04AM (#26382426)
Well, dog walking apps have pretty major safety issues. They've had problems with crime, serious injuries, pets have died, and all sorts of lawsuits documenting it.

Your broader point is correct, I'm just not so sure everyone is as good at judging where that line is as they think they are.

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Re:Remembering Allan McDonald, who refused to approve the Ch... by cycomanic on Monday March 08, 2021 @01:18AM (#26382758)
Yet many here cheer for Tesla, Über etc in the self driving space for exactly this attitude, because it they think it is necessaty for disruption.
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