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Interesting, I've never run across this term before but that's how we design electrical connectors. Ideally it should be physically impossible to connect a cabl
by taneq 5y ago
Interesting, I've never run across this term before but that's how we design electrical connectors. Ideally it should be physically impossible to connect a cable to the wrong place, via deliberately varied pin counts, polarity, keying etc.
- krisoft 5y agoThere is this spectacular rocket failure: https://youtu.be/ycRVAcZC5R4 https://youtu.be/ycRVAcZC5R4 According to the reports it happened because a technician installed the innertial measurement unit upside down. It was supposedly designed to be impossible to do that, but the technician found a clever way to bend the PCB :)
- taneq 5y agoIt’s a race between engineers inventing more and more foolproof devices…
- c_o_n_v_e_x 5y agoAny time someone designs a fool proof device, someone goes out and designs a better fool.
- gambiting 5y agoWhat I'm surprised by here is that the rocket didn't self destruct as soon as it started tilting - it could have easily flown towards the crowd. Is self destruct not a thing most rockets have?