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Google Maps has a pair of buttons for you to confirm or deny that a hazard like a stopped vehicle is still there. But they're right next to each other. Two buttons that do the opposite from each other, irreversibly, and they're millimetres apart. Pressed while you're navigating a hazard.


On one hand I've always been irritated by car reviewers complaining that a car has 'weird' controls, failing to take into account that most of us aren't driving a new car every week and will just adjust to what we use.

On the other hand, some cars are destined for fleets, and all may need to be operated by a stranger in an emergency. There should be a common configuration for features related to safety and velocity.


Even if we achieve that, there are still closed-gardens to open


Dishwashers are quite noisy. Honestly, have you had your ears cleaned recently? It could change your life.


Perhaps try a dishwasher that is newer than one from 1954 you apparently have?


And what if you're deaf?


That pseudo-potentiometer is sick


And ridiculously expensive to replace for what is a glorified magnet if you happen to accidentally burn the plastic a little bit which is enough for it to becoe unusable.


Then there are infinity-x engineers, because some problems just aren't solvable by the worst engineers. Or even typical engineers.

It wouldn't take them 10 times as long as Linus to make Linux or git, social context and all. It just wouldn't happen.

So what's the useful takeaway from this topic we spend so much energy on? 'Hire people who are good'?


The same reason shows why the bimodal and 'branded' name is such a strange thing to focus on.

Why only 10x? And why not try to make your 1x into 2x?

It's like if sports fans spent all their time talking about a potential player who could deliver exactly 10 times more goals than everyone else. Why is this a topic that needs to be brought up so often? Why have we 'software engineer'-ised the idea that some people are much more important for productivity?


This reminds me of this oddity in Nottingham:

https://osm.org/go/eu8S4TeKc?way=50459468

(right-hand drive)


It seems this would solve the problem with normal roundabouts where you have a lane you should be following but know that a vehicle in an adjacent lane is likely to infringe on yours.


>Anyone that ... has had a physical job knows that doing something 26 times in a row is basic stuff of any worthwile endeavor.

I have. There were an awful lot of electric tools doing things that used to require manual work. And they were used even the old guys who were fighting against their broken bodies to work for long enough be able to retire.


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