Dead is dead, and east is east and west is west, and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce, they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does.
I play a modified form of 'dead is dead'. If I get killed because I left the game running when I went to go see what mischief my son is getting into, or because I had to take a leak, or something, then I don't worry about reloading from my last save. Usually that kind of thing happens when I think there is no one else in the area, and I get caught on the surface by aircraft at dusk or dawn.
If, however, I get killed fair and square while I'm sitting there, then I'm dead and I abandon that career.