[BRLTTY] Braille star 40: apology/explanation
Dave Mielke
dave at mielke.cc
Fri Mar 31 10:59:43 EDT 2017
[quoted lines by Cheryl Homiak on 2017/03/31 at 08:47 -0500]
Well ... I'll add a bit. Both of you have been extremely helpful people for a
very long time. While I did note his use of the verb "refuse", I really don't
think it was meant in a mean way - it may simply have been a poorly chosen
English word. Brltty has benefitted all along from support and contributions
from those whose native language isn't English so lots of slack needs to be
given.
In this particular case, I'm going to guess what he meant. I know that I myself
have repeatedly expressed a desire to be accurate rather than to guess. It's
impossible, after all, for any of us to give anything resembling a meaningful
answer to "what might be wrong" without actual data. It's always best to
capture a log (or, of course, to ask how best to capture the llog) right away.
Here's our dilemma: People tend to trust our answers. This implicit trust comes
with a great responsibility 0- to try to never say anything that might be
wrong. Being asked to guess, therefore, puts us in a position that none of us
want to be in.
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