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> Your argument My argument is having an additional layer of protection just in case. Do you wear a helmet only on the days you fall off from your bicycle? >
by justsomehnguy 4y ago
> Your argument
My argument is having an additional layer of protection just in case. Do you wear a helmet only on the days you fall off from your bicycle?
> you should rely on a piece of software that might have unsafe defaults
Well, if you just took the helmet with you but never bothered to wear it...
- Gordonjcp 4y agoYour analogy breaks down. It would be more accurate to say "Do you wear a helmet only on the days you plan to intentionally launch yourself off the bike into a rock?" If you cannot install a server without ensuring you're running what you expect to be running, you've no business running it at all.
- justsomehnguy 4y agoTell that to all folks who have no idea but eager to have a private server/make business/whatever. It looks like you are one of those fanboys who regard their skill as a something sacrosanct to which no plebs should be allowed to even know.
- Gordonjcp 4y agoNot in the slightest. It's a skill that everyone should know, if they want to run servers. It's a skill you can acquire by reading some very simple instructions. Imagine if bridges were designed and built by the fuckwits that created (or indeed use) MongoDB.
- iforgotpassword 4y agoI don't wear a helmet so I can ride my bike drunk with eyes closed. The other way in which the analogy is flawed is that I might very well consider myself a perfect cyclist, but that still doesn't protect me from that drunk driver in a SUV shooting out a side alley where I have no chance to react.
- Gordonjcp 4y agoYour analogy still doesn't work. A firewall does nothing useful if there's nothing to firewall.
- iforgotpassword 4y agoYes? That's exactly what I'm saying.