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Re:Water Slide That Decapitated Boy Violated Basic Design St... by txsh on Monday March 26, 2018 @06:26PM (#16683207)
If I’m reading this correctly, the ride opened in 2014 but the kid was decapitated in 2016. So not only did they rush its construction but they had two years to fix it and chose not to. Incredible.
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Re:Water Slide That Decapitated Boy Violated Basic Design St... by pimlottc on Monday March 26, 2018 @10:47PM (#16684768)
New features beats reducing technical debt every time.
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Re:Water Slide That Decapitated Boy Violated Basic Design St... by AnimalMuppet on Monday March 26, 2018 @06:29PM (#16683241)
Or, in two years, they never realized that they needed to fix it.

You decide whether that's better or worse...

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Re:Water Slide That Decapitated Boy Violated Basic Design St... by Twirrim on Monday March 26, 2018 @06:37PM (#16683301)
two years, despite repeated reports of injuries, people reporting that they'd lifted off the surface etc, among other warnings.
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Re:Water Slide That Decapitated Boy Violated Basic Design St... by empath75 on Monday March 26, 2018 @06:52PM (#16683428)
Which they covers up by altering the reports.
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Re:Water Slide That Decapitated Boy Violated Basic Design St... by dabbledash on Monday March 26, 2018 @07:49PM (#16683829)
If you read the indictment, it’s clear they always knew about this flaw.
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