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vadfa · 2021-11-11 07:00:07

It deals with those risks, and it's still a disproportionate overreach.

quicklime | karma 2839 | avg karma 5.67 · | 2020-05-08 21:37:41+00:00

The amount of risk.

hehheh | karma 237 | avg karma 2.37 · | 2017-01-14 15:33:45+00:00

A 40ish% increase in risk cannot simply be handwaved away. That's huge.

martynr | karma 200 | avg karma 4.08 · | 2023-02-01 03:00:30

Does anyone else feel like this is slightly overblown? From my perspective it was a localised and relatively limited risk and had fairly obvious and achievable corrective actions with a relatively good chance of success.

It intrigues me that this seems to be perceived as something so calamitous/ risky.

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Fricken | karma 7082 | avg karma 3.45 · | 2023-07-06 19:28:16

It's an acceptable risk

eli | karma 29331 | avg karma 3.14 · | 2023-01-12 08:45:41

They don't completely eliminate risk, you mean?

gadyke | karma 21 | avg karma 3.0 · | 2021-11-11 05:23:17

Is it? Surely this simply and proportionately deals with exactly the risks above?

joosters | karma 15062 | avg karma 4.78 · | 2017-08-22 11:14:57

You just seemed to be arguing that _any_ amount of risk would be too much

Unfortunately that's exactly the kind of thing I was talking about, extending arguments to ridiculous extremes.

I have never said any amount of risk would be too much. In this particular instance, I think the risk and the unknowns are clearly too much.

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rcxdude | karma 6315 | avg karma 2.5 · | 2023-06-13 08:10:35

Well, it's a balance of risks. The issue being there's a lot of uncertainty and potential for bad outcomes on basically every path.

littlemtman | karma 303 | avg karma 6.73 · | 2019-11-18 12:52:53+00:00

The risk is extremely high.

artemk | karma 59 | avg karma 1.28 · | 2015-02-15 17:04:53+00:00

I agree that the risk is high and isn't for everyone.

badsock | karma 1745 | avg karma 4.23 · | 2016-08-29 20:35:47+00:00

The point I'm making is that it could grow 100 times and it still pales against other risks.

nikanj | karma 10866 | avg karma 4.23 · | 2017-05-12 10:24:27+00:00

Where's the risk?

lost-found | karma 112 | avg karma 2.67 · | 2021-10-28 15:20:37

Of course, anything taken in excess has risks.

LorenPechtel | karma 2537 | avg karma 1.09 · | 2024-06-02 17:48:22

I'm not saying the situation is inherently static. Rather, it's the most extreme case I'm aware of where the effort to reduce risk actually increases it.

tlb | karma 20302 | avg karma 5.48 · | 2015-04-13 22:34:49+00:00

Or possibly you are overestimating the probability of impact beyond which this should be considered too risky.

matkoniecz | karma 3671 | avg karma 2.94 · | 2022-10-16 07:16:24

The risk is high, and if it goes wrong you have huge problems.

nhooyr | karma 272 | avg karma 1.96 · | 2019-05-31 19:57:12+00:00

There are big risks to it from what I've read.

pnathan | karma 11370 | avg karma 2.87 · | 2012-03-23 16:33:59+00:00

I'm okay with the higher risk. I think it's far better to have a higher level of risk than to ensure everything is super safe.

xyzzy_plugh | karma 8478 | avg karma 4.12 · | 2019-04-28 18:54:09

Yes, there's lots you can do to mitigate the risk but nothing perfect.

Which, realistically speaking, is quite fine.

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