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Trying locks on a house vs. sending payloads to an internet exposed server are not analogous. I've seen this time and time again on HN. Making analogies that a
by hypeatei 2y ago
Trying locks on a house vs. sending payloads to an internet exposed server are not analogous.
I've seen this time and time again on HN. Making analogies that aren't clear doesn't result in useful discourse (people argue over the dumb analogies rather than the thing itself), kinda like I'm doing right now...
- Joker_vD 2y ago> Trying locks on a house vs. sending payloads to an internet exposed server are not analogous. Well, go write your congressman about it (or however it's done whenever you are), because it sure does look like the lawmakers and the courts do seem those two things to be kinda analogous; but I doubt that arguing in the HN comment section about laws has ever improved (or will ever improve) those laws.
- robertlagrant 2y agoNo, analogies are good. Calling them dumb instead of pointing out the difference is what's not useful.
- hypeatei 2y agoPointing out the difference? These two things (sending data over TCP/IP and testing physical locks on a house) are in two completely different realms.
- robertlagrant 2y agoI don't know what "different realms" means. It's an analogy, so it won't be two identical things. The question is: why doesn't the comparison make sense?
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