unsafe

The fact that memory-unsafe software keeps on being produced in C/C++ is a good thing?

How many passengers can you service if the airport is unsafe?

I think it's really a huge stretch to go from oogling of hula hoopers to "feeling unsafe".

"-- "Stupid poster, she should know that AirBNB is absolutely unsafe.

So your memory-safe language needs some first-class escape hatch to unsafe code.

They could be doing anything with it.. Porting it to a new platform.. Compiling it with unsafe GCC flags.. Or worse..

Additionally, the drivers no longer do "unsafe" writes, but check w/ server.. as of the same release.

There isn't really much downside for them in making Windows as horrendously unsafe for non-experts to use as possible.

This is an excellent summary Steve, it also points out one of the challenges of 'System' languages, which is the requirement for 'unsafe.

I'd be interested in your experience with what actions require 'unsafe' and if you have seen a canonical set that might point toward a process to get to a 'safe' OS.

This seems unsafe; if I understand what this person has done, he'd essentially be coercing Dropbox's backend services to open arbitrary links on his behalf.

Whether it's gun-wielding maniacs, drug dealers, or international terrorist masterminds, they feel unsafe, and want the government to help.

To all the people who are towing the "this was inappropriate/unsafe behavior and she deserves her punishment" line, fine, but at most a suspension from school would seem fitting.

And the unreliability of the product makes the experience unsafe, unpredictable, unhealthy, and dangerous.

By accusing Boeing's batteries of being fundamentally unsafe, he garners the maximum amount of trust from people who are concerned about battery safety, so that, when he immediately follows up with an explanation of why this couldn't happen on a Tesla, those very people are already leaning towards believing him.