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This feels like disabling unit tests in order to get tests to pass. I've yet to see this strategy not blow up later.
by rpowers 3y ago
This feels like disabling unit tests in order to get tests to pass. I've yet to see this strategy not blow up later.
- epmatsw 3y agoAnd where the workaround is "have the humans not forget to do something" no less...
- radicaldreamer 3y agoIt's truly insane to put a human in the loop for something like this... its like saying don't forget to turn the oven off after 5 minutes or it might explode (ovens go through extensive compliance testing to make sure they don't cause fires even in adverse conditions).
- hypothesis 3y agoIt does look insane, but at this point I trust pilots more than I trust Boeing-designed automated system not to kill humans.
- paulryanrogers 3y agoPerhaps MBAs shouldn't be allowed to manage aircraft production. Like Boeing before the merger with McDonnell Douglas.
- catchnear4321 3y agoif this had anything to do with passing a test, it would look significantly different. the point is to make tests not fail. you can’t fail the test you don’t take. the logic is completely sound. it’s just also removed from reality. which might make it seem a bit mad.
- StreetChief 3y agothe whole point of the exemption they are requesting is to avoid "taking a test."
- jbverschoor 3y agoSprinkle a few slashes or dashes before some lines, problem solved.
- catchnear4321 3y agoyou know if the test is being skipped… might be cleaner to just delete it.