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gchamonlive ◴[] No.44397333[source]
If you put lemons in a blender and add water it'll produce lemon juice. If you put your hand in a blender however, you'll get a mangled hand. Is this exposing dark tendencies of mangling bodies hidden deep down blenders all across the globe? Or is it just doing what's supposed to be doing?

My point is, we can add all sorts of security measures but at the end of the day nothing is a replacement for user education and intention.

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hiatus ◴[] No.44397460[source]
I disagree. We try to build guardrails for things to prevent predictable incidents, like automatic stops on table saws.
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jstummbillig ◴[] No.44397732[source]
Sure, but if you then deliberately disable the automatic stop and write an article titled "The Monster Inside the Table Saw" I think it is fair to raise an eyebrow.
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1. dghlsakjg ◴[] No.44397760[source]
The scary part is that they didn't disable the automatic stop. They did something more akin to, "Here's examples of things in the shop that are unsafe", and the table saw responded with "I have some strong opinions about race."

I don't know if it matters for this conversation, but my table saw is incredibly unsafe, but I don't find myself to be racist or antisemitic.