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by tiborsaas 484 days ago
It's all very educative and makes a point until you read a news story about someone dying because ER couldn't get there in time. The road to hell is paved with good intentions hits hard here.
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That too has a chance of happening associated with it. Lacking a convenient table to look up the chance of that happening (and its impact), and the chance of a break-in caused by an open admin panel causing irreparable harm, there is nothing left to do but weigh the chances as best as one can.

Many people will choose to do nothing in that case, but not everyone will accept that inaction which might lead to bigger harm is preferable to action which might lead to another possible negative outcome, but at a much smaller chance.

(It's basically that dumb trolley meme, but with undetermined outcomes.)

Every choice we make can have an adverse effect on others. Take the car today instead of walking? You just might cause an ambulance to be delayed leading to an unfortunate death. The chance of that happening is negligible of course, but not absent (it never is).