"This is OK if used by persons in the know" is not helping: Rachel wasn't/isn't in the know. So clearly, people without the proper knowledge can get their hands on this cable.
I knew it was probably trouble just from a glance. Knowing this topic would bring out every single nitpicker, I did the actual research to be doubly-sure before writing the post.
You might be surprised how much extra shit goes into my posts just to avoid the inevitable backlash. It's not good enough to have a reasonable amount of knowledge. You have to go well beyond into the arcane to avoid the sniping from this crew.
And even then, well, THE ONE shows up time and again.
The way I read Beldin's comment was that it essentially agrees with your post. And HN's guidelines say:
>Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.
It is like someone else commented, there are reasonable, ocasional use cases for this that are safe, but the cable should be locked somewhere with the name of the person that knows why it was built in it; so it’s not out in the wild for abuse.
That’s only my perception of course.
I know this is your preferred response to all criticism, but the thing is, to the rest of us you're THE ONE. You swoop in to point out how terrible stuff is, explain how stupid your coworkers are for making it, talk about How It Should've Been Done, and move on to the next project.