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It's minimally a fire hazard and it's very handy to have when you know what you're doing.

Beldin 6y ago
But it ended up in the hands of someone who didn't. That really makes it a much bigger problem. "This is OK if used by persons in the know" is not helping: Rachel wasn't/isn't in the know. So clearly, people without the proper knowledge can get their hands on this cable.
- rachelbythebay 6y ago
  So certain are you? I knew it was probably trouble just from a glance. Knowing this topic would bring out every single nitpicker, I did the actual research to be doubly-sure before writing the post. You might be surprised how much extra shit goes into my posts just to avoid the inevitable backlash. It's not good enough to have a reasonable amount of knowledge. You have to go well beyond into the arcane to avoid the sniping from this crew. And even then, well, THE ONE shows up time and again.
  - delhanty 6y ago
    Is Beldin really nitpicking you? The way I read Beldin's comment was that it essentially agrees with your post. And HN's guidelines say: >Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.
    - soneca 6y ago
      I also didn’t read that comment as nitpicking. It wasn’t doubting the author knowledge about the criticism, it was mentioning that the author was not aware of the reason of why that was made, was able to have access to it and could have used improperly if she didn’t know any better. But she did. It is like someone else commented, there are reasonable, ocasional use cases for this that are safe, but the cable should be locked somewhere with the name of the person that knows why it was built in it; so it’s not out in the wild for abuse. That’s only my perception of course.
  - Talanes 6y ago
    So you've come here to jump in and show agreement that your posts have "this pervasive air of looking down on the stupid people who did the horrible-thing-of-the-week?" Or did you just not read the comment thread through before jumping off?
  - iforgotpassword 6y ago
    I think what they meant was that someone left that thing lying around somewhere where random people would find it with no context. You had no clue what it was but took a second to think about it. The next person might just have used it because it seems to fit.
  - Beldin 6y ago
    I meant to argue you were right for calling this out.
  - deleted 6y ago
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  - ThrowawayR2 6y ago
    Perhaps you replied to the wrong person? The parent poster is agreeing with you.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
    > And even then, well, THE ONE shows up time and again. I know this is your preferred response to all criticism, but the thing is, to the rest of us you're THE ONE. You swoop in to point out how terrible stuff is, explain how stupid your coworkers are for making it, talk about How It Should've Been Done, and move on to the next project.

But it ended up in the hands of someone who didn't. That really makes it a much bigger problem. "This is OK if used by persons in the know" is not helping: Rachel wasn't/isn't in the know. So clearly, people without the proper knowledge can get their hands on this cable.

rachelbythebay 6y ago
So certain are you? I knew it was probably trouble just from a glance. Knowing this topic would bring out every single nitpicker, I did the actual research to be doubly-sure before writing the post. You might be surprised how much extra shit goes into my posts just to avoid the inevitable backlash. It's not good enough to have a reasonable amount of knowledge. You have to go well beyond into the arcane to avoid the sniping from this crew. And even then, well, THE ONE shows up time and again.
- delhanty 6y ago
  Is Beldin really nitpicking you? The way I read Beldin's comment was that it essentially agrees with your post. And HN's guidelines say: >Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.
  - soneca 6y ago
    I also didn’t read that comment as nitpicking. It wasn’t doubting the author knowledge about the criticism, it was mentioning that the author was not aware of the reason of why that was made, was able to have access to it and could have used improperly if she didn’t know any better. But she did. It is like someone else commented, there are reasonable, ocasional use cases for this that are safe, but the cable should be locked somewhere with the name of the person that knows why it was built in it; so it’s not out in the wild for abuse. That’s only my perception of course.
- Talanes 6y ago
  So you've come here to jump in and show agreement that your posts have "this pervasive air of looking down on the stupid people who did the horrible-thing-of-the-week?" Or did you just not read the comment thread through before jumping off?
- iforgotpassword 6y ago
  I think what they meant was that someone left that thing lying around somewhere where random people would find it with no context. You had no clue what it was but took a second to think about it. The next person might just have used it because it seems to fit.
- Beldin 6y ago
  I meant to argue you were right for calling this out.
- deleted 6y ago
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- ThrowawayR2 6y ago
  Perhaps you replied to the wrong person? The parent poster is agreeing with you.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
  > And even then, well, THE ONE shows up time and again. I know this is your preferred response to all criticism, but the thing is, to the rest of us you're THE ONE. You swoop in to point out how terrible stuff is, explain how stupid your coworkers are for making it, talk about How It Should've Been Done, and move on to the next project.