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Everything is 20-20 with hindsight. If a school bus went through a rusted out guard rail killing a bunch of kids you'd be hearing about that instead. There is
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
Everything is 20-20 with hindsight. If a school bus went through a rusted out guard rail killing a bunch of kids you'd be hearing about that instead.
There is no winning in these kinds of situations, you just try your best and hope to not be the unlucky one who presided over something that went south. Of course sucking at your job makes it harder to get it right but even if you're good the risk is always there.
The ironic thing is the people of Flint can probably relate to this dilema a heck of a lot better than a bunch of HNers who have no frame of reference for this kind of thing.
- mikeyouse 5y agoPutting morons in charge of critical water infrastructure is literally a case study in municipal fuckups. "Don't poison your town" isn't a hard call, especially when the incremental cost is on the order of thousands of dollars per year, not tens of thousands. Full wiki background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkerton_E._coli_outbreak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkerton_E._coli_outbreak Case study: http://scceh.com/Portals/6/Env_Health/consumer_protection/drinking_water/Walkerton.pdf?ver=eoadg0EvweM5N-fp2ZEHNw%3d%3d http://scceh.com/Portals/6/Env_Health/consumer_protection/dr... Literally everyone who has been within 100yds of a muni water system knows the stakes for this stuff.
- MomoXenosaga 5y agoThe only winning move is to live in a rich city. Something to keep in mind the next time HN starts ranting about working remotely.