2026-09-17 20:09 UTC
People make mistakes, and one of the biggest mistakes people make is designing systems that only work when people make no mistakes.
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@mike805@noc.social 2026-09-17 20:18
@requiem@masto.hackers.town https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV78GF2PkOw Excellent example here. French railroad decided to skip some stops. A passenger who wanted one of those stops pulled the e-brake and exited the train. Engineer botched the process of resetting the brakes. Railroad was now way behind, skipped more stops. Train came to the end of the line with no brakes. Many people killed. There were a few more errors too. No air check was performed. An air check - continuity all the way to the last car - should be performed.