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I'm not going to write the wall of text that's required to properly describe the situation but that's just not how these systems work. Industrial automation ha
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
I'm not going to write the wall of text that's required to properly describe the situation but that's just not how these systems work. Industrial automation has all sorts of feedback loops so they people operating it know if they can trust it. The people using it are pretty much always trained in how to run the various systems manually so that an errant sensor doesn't turn into a clogged up rail line or waste whatever is in your process equipment that happens to be mid-cycle.
This isn't some consumer appliance where you have to stupid proof every inch of it. These systems are bespoke and their architecture is mostly a matter of business decisions and not at all a matter of the internet peanut gallery trying to figure out how safe they can make it.
- coder543 5y agoIf you want to claim public transit operators are happy to take on liability for potential deaths by continuing to operate when they know about reduced (or no) safety margin, that’s an interesting idea. Calling me a ”clipboard warrior” isn’t furthering your argument, though. This comment provides an excellent example along the lines I was talking about: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30902016 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30902016
- throwaway0a5e 5y ago