4 ms·
> Let people learn from their mistakes. I'm interested in finding out to what degree you hold this viewpoint. How severe do the negative consequences of an ac
by domador 5y ago
> Let people learn from their mistakes.
I'm interested in finding out to what degree you hold this viewpoint. How severe do the negative consequences of an action have to be where you would switch from saying "let them learn from their mistakes" to "we can't trust them again".
(I'm honestly interested in knowing, this isn't just a rhetorical statement.)
- indymike 5y agoIf a crime has been committed is one such line, and were the author to do this kind of stuff repeatedly, there's another such line there. But if we hang everyone on the first offense, there will be no one left to hang anyone.
- domador 5y agoI wouldn't necessarily "hang" a first-time offender, but I'd definitely be wary, and cautious of how much I'll trust them in the future. Personally, I'm not a fan of making statements that say "I'll never again buy/use such-and-such a service or product". I might be willing to consider using their software again in the future. (I'm speaking in the context of this argument, since I've never actually used ImageGlass.) Regarding crime, there a lot of behaviors that aren't legally defined as crimes, but are still objectionable (sometimes very). As such, there is no court to prosecute them with the legal system's presumably objective processes, so it's up to the general public to make our own assessments. Finally, I'm curious as to your level of tolerance to questionable, unexpected behavior by software developers. Maybe not this one, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were certain actions by software developers where you wouldn't tolerate even a single offense. In any case, our differences regarding tolerance to questionable behavior is why we're all discussing this incident anyway.