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Comment author: PhilGoetz 26 March 2013 04:55:13AM 4 points [-]

A frequently valid synonym for "dangerous" is "effective".

I'd quote you in the next rationality quotes thread if there weren't a rule against it.

Comment author: David_Gerard 29 March 2013 09:58:31PM *  3 points [-]

I was thinking of the bit of Unix philosophy that says: "Unix was not designed to stop its users from doing stupid things, as that would also stop them from doing clever things." (Doug Gwyn) Hasn't been quoted yet, so be sure to dive in at 00:00 UTC Sunday :-) Edit: Monday!

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