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The only reason it matters if it was a Russian engineer or not, is so that Americans' currently engaged in two-minutes hate can use this story as yet more confi

by mmjaa 8y ago

The only reason it matters if it was a Russian engineer or not, is so that Americans' currently engaged in two-minutes hate can use this story as yet more confirmation of their bias against Russia. There's simply no other reason to point it out and make an issue out of it.

Tor3 8y ago
So where did it say that a Russian did it? The only reference is to a 'specialist'. You're putting up a straw man so that you can push it down. You sound like you're from that well-known trolling group btw.
- mmjaa 8y ago
  Your reading comprehension not so good? Blinded by hate? Look at the person whose message I responded to - it was them who mentioned it was a Russian. >well-known trolling group Yeah, thanks for proving my point that America is in the grips of two-minutes hate right now ..
  - Tor3 8y ago
    I've read all the comments. The main theme is a discussion about how a working environment can be set up to avoid such potentially disastrous things to happen - i.e. hiding technical problems and errors instead of doing it properly (report, fix, verify). It's not like it's only happened in Russia. Everybody knows about the Challenger disaster, which came about due to (in that case) management ignoring issues, so it's different, but still similar. Or do you really prefer that things like this shouldn't be discussed or revealed, but be hidden under a carpet instead? (and a lot of people here, including myself, are not American. Wouldn't go there if I were paid for it. So that's not what this is about. At all.)
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- dang 8y ago
  That last bit breaks the HN guidelines. Can you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and follow the rules when posting here?
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The only reason it matters if it was a Russian engineer or not, is so that Americans' currently engaged in two-minutes hate can use this story as yet more confi

by mmjaa 8y ago

Tor3 8y ago
So where did it say that a Russian did it? The only reference is to a 'specialist'. You're putting up a straw man so that you can push it down. You sound like you're from that well-known trolling group btw.
- mmjaa 8y ago
  Your reading comprehension not so good? Blinded by hate? Look at the person whose message I responded to - it was them who mentioned it was a Russian. >well-known trolling group Yeah, thanks for proving my point that America is in the grips of two-minutes hate right now ..
  - Tor3 8y ago
    I've read all the comments. The main theme is a discussion about how a working environment can be set up to avoid such potentially disastrous things to happen - i.e. hiding technical problems and errors instead of doing it properly (report, fix, verify). It's not like it's only happened in Russia. Everybody knows about the Challenger disaster, which came about due to (in that case) management ignoring issues, so it's different, but still similar. Or do you really prefer that things like this shouldn't be discussed or revealed, but be hidden under a carpet instead? (and a lot of people here, including myself, are not American. Wouldn't go there if I were paid for it. So that's not what this is about. At all.)
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- dang 8y ago
  That last bit breaks the HN guidelines. Can you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and follow the rules when posting here?
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