Hawaii "button pusher" refusing to cooperate with FCC, internal investigators

Re:Hawaii "button pusher" refusing to cooperate with FCC, in... by URSpider94 on Thursday January 25, 2018 @11:10PM (#16236978)

There’s a concept in quality engineering called “poke yoke”, pronounced to rhyme with “okay”. It basically means “mistake-proofing”. As an example, if a part is symmetric and could accidentally be assembled off by 180 degrees, add a “key” feature so that it only fits one way.

The core philosophy is that a well-run system should never rely on perfection from the operators. People make mistakes, that’s normal. A well run system actively prevents mistakes and works to minimize the consequences.

A system where the operator clicked one wrong button and thereby sent out a missile warning to millions of people that took 45 minutes to undo — is not well-designed.

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Re:Hawaii "button pusher" refusing to cooperate with FCC, in... by robocat on Thursday January 25, 2018 @11:32PM (#16237041)

"poka yoke"

Wikipedia: Poka-yoke [poka joke] is a Japanese term that means "mistake-proofing" or "inadvertent error prevention". A poka-yoke is any mechanism in a lean manufacturing process that helps an equipment operator avoid (yokeru) mistakes (poka). Its purpose is to eliminate product defects by preventing, correcting, or drawing attention to human errors as they occur.

https://www.google.com/search?q=poke+yoke

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Re:Hawaii "button pusher" refusing to cooperate with FCC, in... by AdamJacobMuller on Thursday January 25, 2018 @11:33PM (#16237047)

> The core philosophy is that a well-run system should never rely on perfection from the operators

A well-designed system, in this case, could be simple enough that it barely requires the operator to be awake.

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Re:Hawaii "button pusher" refusing to cooperate with FCC, in... by Double_a_92 on Friday January 26, 2018 @03:40AM (#16237780)

Like the little tabs on buttons in a game controller?

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