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Well, maybe. I've seen a lot of "Hyperloop" fans who don't know basics about transportation systems (planning, technology, financing). So maybe I'm overly aggre

by rmoriz 10y ago

Well, maybe. I've seen a lot of "Hyperloop" fans who don't know basics about transportation systems (planning, technology, financing). So maybe I'm overly aggressive here. Sorry.

jacquesm 10y ago
I've re-written a bunch of fuel quantity calculation software for a small airline, the degree of planning and verification that went into that totally blew my mind, it completely changed my way of thinking about writing any piece of software and even now I have to catch myself not to 'overthink' the solution to some problem. As soon as there are lives on the line the amount of thinking about undefined situations skyrockets. Even so, given that the system fails 'positive' (as in: it can't register 'no train' when there is a train, it can only register 'train' when there is none) I'm quite impressed with the foresight to even think about that exact possibility occurring. Another field where you see this kind of planning is in medical electronics and software systems.
- antsar 10y ago
  > Another field where you see this kind of planning is in medical electronics and software systems. Maybe sometimes... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o8MDCIlOEk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o8MDCIlOEk
  - jacquesm 10y ago
    That should be reason enough for a claim.
- lostlogin 10y ago
  The medical electronics you have seen must have very little resemblance to the equipment I use. Buggy, terrible UI and poor design.
  - jacquesm 10y ago
    Hm. Interesting. I've had - unfortunately - a lot of close up time with a bunch of high tech around one of my children and without exception that stuff was very well designed and did not hick-up even once over a whole pile of weeks. (Neonatal ICU.) I've also bought some medical electronics surplus for parts in the past and it was absolutely bullet-proof. Top quality.
    - lostlogin 10y ago
      Try the radiology department. Brand new hardware and software from Siemens, GE or Philips. Particularly GE and particularly MRI interfaces. Broken code, and just plain terrible design choices like typing "1" for on and "0" for off. Type in "3" and it crashes, except when its occasionally allowed on non bools. Ultrasound interfaces are so unbelievable horrid that they should win any competition fairly easily. On on current model machine - touch screen, track ball, hardware sliders, physical buttons, software buttons and a track pad. connecting that to the network was unpleasant. Edit: Im just taking an infusion pump to be serviced. This model is well liked. However when you want to deliver a drug bolus at a very specific time point during an MR scan the pump may deliver it, or it may give and error as its timed out. There is no way to tell prior to pressing "bolus". Not ideal.

by rmoriz 10y ago

Well, maybe. I've seen a lot of "Hyperloop" fans who don't know basics about transportation systems (planning, technology, financing). So maybe I'm overly aggressive here. Sorry.

jacquesm 10y ago

I've re-written a bunch of fuel quantity calculation software for a small airline, the degree of planning and verification that went into that totally blew my mind, it completely changed my way of thinking about writing any piece of software and even now I have to catch myself not to 'overthink' the solution to some problem. As soon as there are lives on the line the amount of thinking about undefined situations skyrockets. Even so, given that the system fails 'positive' (as in: it can't register 'no train' when there is a train, it can only register 'train' when there is none) I'm quite impressed with the foresight to even think about that exact possibility occurring. Another field where you see this kind of planning is in medical electronics and software systems.

antsar 10y ago
> Another field where you see this kind of planning is in medical electronics and software systems. Maybe sometimes... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o8MDCIlOEk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o8MDCIlOEk
- jacquesm 10y ago
  That should be reason enough for a claim.
lostlogin 10y ago
The medical electronics you have seen must have very little resemblance to the equipment I use. Buggy, terrible UI and poor design.
- jacquesm 10y ago
  Hm. Interesting. I've had - unfortunately - a lot of close up time with a bunch of high tech around one of my children and without exception that stuff was very well designed and did not hick-up even once over a whole pile of weeks. (Neonatal ICU.) I've also bought some medical electronics surplus for parts in the past and it was absolutely bullet-proof. Top quality.
  - lostlogin 10y ago
    Try the radiology department. Brand new hardware and software from Siemens, GE or Philips. Particularly GE and particularly MRI interfaces. Broken code, and just plain terrible design choices like typing "1" for on and "0" for off. Type in "3" and it crashes, except when its occasionally allowed on non bools. Ultrasound interfaces are so unbelievable horrid that they should win any competition fairly easily. On on current model machine - touch screen, track ball, hardware sliders, physical buttons, software buttons and a track pad. connecting that to the network was unpleasant. Edit: Im just taking an infusion pump to be serviced. This model is well liked. However when you want to deliver a drug bolus at a very specific time point during an MR scan the pump may deliver it, or it may give and error as its timed out. There is no way to tell prior to pressing "bolus". Not ideal.