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Re: Preview: portable dumper
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Preview: portable dumper |
Date: |
Sun, 04 Dec 2016 17:57:27 +0200 |
> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden, address@hidden
> Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2016 16:28:58 -0500
>
> You have explained a possible drawback of the portable dumper:
> it could make maintenance more difficult some years from now.
>
> No one can doubt that this is a possibility. People do disagree about
> how much of a problem it is likely to be. Many of us don't expect it
> will make a big difference. You forecast that it could.
Thank you for acknowledging that this is a possibility. I was under
the impression that my opponents didn't agree.
> But you've got to admit that it is uncertain. We're all making
> guesstimates about probabilities.
IMO, dangerous outcomes should be taken seriously even if their
probability is low, as long as it's non-zero. "Taken seriously" means
we should do something to try to avoid the danger. That is what I'm
trying to do: find a solution for the problem that will avoid the
danger.
> So if we install the portable dumper, please don't treat it as a
> certain disaster.
The "disaster" is not the installation of the dumper. The disaster I
alluded to would be not to try to find a solution that minimizes the
above danger. If we have tried our best and failed, then it's not a
disaster, it's life: after all, we can only make the best use of the
cards we've been dealt.
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