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Re:Unix Shell Programming: The Next 50 Years [pdf] by farisjarrah on Friday June 04, 2021 @12:22PM (#27395240)
A circular saw can easily ruin a piece of work if your not careful, and it could even chop off your hand. We don't tell carpenters that they shouldn't use saws because they are dangerous. There are lots of jobs that are work with dangerous tools.
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Re:Unix Shell Programming: The Next 50 Years [pdf] by jakobnissen on Friday June 04, 2021 @01:17PM (#27396023)
If a manufacturer could easily design the circular saw to be safe (á la SawStop) with little added cost, but decided not to, I think most people would consider them grossly negligent.
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Re:Unix Shell Programming: The Next 50 Years [pdf] by PoignardAzur on Saturday June 05, 2021 @08:24AM (#27404321)
Huh.

I didn't know about SawStop before, so your comment sent me on a wiki-hunt.

"Gross negligence" seems like a huge understatement for all the rationalizing and lobbying manufacturers did to avoid having to use safety technology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SawStop#Opposition_from_trade_...

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Re:Unix Shell Programming: The Next 50 Years [pdf] by oblio on Friday June 04, 2021 @03:36PM (#27398119)
A saw is <<hard>>ware, a physical thinghard to change and improve, while a shell is <<soft>>ware, supposed to be easy to change and improve.
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