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Re:Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @09:22AM (#13374001)
As others have mentioned, SawStop can mitigate most of that risk (but not all - it's still possible to get kickback if you're not careful). I'd probably own a SawStop, if not for some of the questionable behavior if it's owner [1]. It's unfortunate, because they're very well made and designed saws.

You may want to check out the Bosch ReaXX, which has a similar tech in a portable job-site saw. SawStop is currently suing Bosch for patent infringement (which I don't fault them for; it was them trying to make it illegal to sell saws without their tech that didn't sit right with me).

[1] http://toolguyd.com/sawstops-stephen-gass-people-who-are-des... and a followup that's more balanced: http://toolguyd.com/sawstop-perspective-update/

Re:Amazon LightSail: Simple Virtual Private Servers on AWS on Friday December 02, 2016 @04:54PM (#13092662)
It's not actually unlimited liability. Every AWS service has a set of default limits, and you must request AWS raise those limits before you can provision additional resources.

I agree with your larger point, but you're going to be surprised by a $500 bill, not a $500,000 bill.