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Re:Pretty Good House by darkwater on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @08:38AM (#34412208)
The idea behind is surely that, but it doesn't mean they can screw things anyway... the difference is that they will be accountable by law for it (which is an important difference, especially if compared to the world of THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS")
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Re:Pretty Good House by jq-r on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @11:07AM (#34414213)
I guess in theory that would be true, but in practice (at least where I live), there is no accountability. So yes, doctors, lawyers, architects/engineers etc, get all the prestige and social status, without the downsides.

There was an exception though, like 10 years ago where the doctor was removing a patient's appendix and damaged major artheries. The poor patient lost the leg and the other one is not functioning well. They've sued privately (and had top lawyers) and after a very long process they've kind of won some meagre settlement. What was actually interesting was the fact that the major regional hospital never had a "doctor's error" in the last 20 years, only so called "complications" (which was "nobody's fault").

Doctors (and similar) don't get insurance against damanages at all. Why would they?

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Re:Pretty Good House by reef84_ on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @06:51AM (#34425665)
>Doctors (and similar) don't get insurance against damages at all. Why would they?

More sarcasm, I assume?

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Re:Pretty Good House by jq-r on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @10:53AM (#34428258)
Certainly. At the same time, completely true over here.
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