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How ordinary failure could have a seismic effect on an industrial giant (www.bbc.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Earlier this year, a Boeing aircraft's door plug fell out in flight – all because crucial bolts were missing. The incident shows why simple failures like this are often a sign of larger problems, says John Downer.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

*damning

damming is when you build a wall across a river

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Thanks, that was really necessary and greatly added to the conversation.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Thanks, that was really necessary and greatly added to the conversation.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Personally I think calling out smug pedantry is useful, but that's just my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

I didn’t read it as smug, in that case they would’ve provided the spelling correction without the explanation (reddit-style). Here I feel like they’re just being friendly to people for whom English is a second language.

I do appreciate your explanation, it is clear enough to make Admiral Cloudberg proud : ). (if you don’t get the reference, check out her Medium articles, they’re fantastic!)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

this is what I feel too. It's framed as helpful, but it is really unnecessary and often unwanted.