Comment by Silhouette | Hacker News Reader

Comment by Silhouette | Hacker News Reader

Parent Full thread

Option A: If you have a tiger in your room then make sure it's properly caged. Put up warning signs so everyone knows. Add physical barriers to prevent people too young or impaired to read the warning signs from approaching close enough for the tiger to reach out of the cage and maul them. Ensure adequate processes are in place for feeding the tiger at regular intervals using a safe method and clearing out the mess from the cage. Provide noise protection for everyone in the building so they don't get freaked out when the tiger complains vocally about its situation. Take into account evolving animal rights legislation and ensure adequate processes are in place for the tiger to exercise freely in a large open space. This open space will also need to be protected by safety barriers and warning signs as well as supervised by trained operators able to contain a wild tiger if it gets loose and deal with any injuries or damage it causes. Budget for all of this and ensure there is a long term plan for maintaining the tiger and everything that goes with it.

Option B: Do not put a tiger in your room.

Option A: If you have 1 ton metal machines powered by exploding liquid driving at 60 miles per hour around your neighborhood make sure the wheel is properly pointed in the right direction. Designate specific areas where the machine are allowed to move. Train parents to keep their children or impaired away from those areas. Ensure adequate processes are in place from training the drivers of the machines so they know where they are allowed to drive and where not. Take into account evolving environmental regulations. Ensure safety barriers are used in areas where the vehicles are liable to lose control. Place signs around to remind forgetful drivers of the specific rules of driving in a specific area, or issues such as ice and snow that could cause the vehicle to crash. Make sure drivers pay large insurance premiums to ensure they can pay for any damages caused by their vehicle. Give traffic police their own vehicles in order to apprehend anyone not following the rules. Budget for all of this and ensure there is a long term plan for maintaining the car and everything that goes with it.

Option B: Walk everywhere

Option C: Let the tiger drive, and pretend there is no human to hold accountable

Given the number of places in the world that have been severely restricting or banning car use to promote walking and other safer and more environmentally friendly alternatives I'm not sure your analogy is making exactly the point you intended.

Option C: put the tiger in someone else's room :)

Option D: Be the tiger, my friend :)

instructions unclear; tried putting tiger into a cup, then a bottle

now all my flows crash :D

Reply on news.ycombinator.com