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Re:Water Slide That Decapitated Boy Violated Basic Design St... by crazypyro on Monday March 26, 2018 @06:50PM (#16683398)
Its almost like completely different problems have completely different design constraints... There are plenty of "real" engineers who design stuff that have very little safety implications, such as optimizing electrical boards or minimizing costs in manufacturing.
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Re:Water Slide That Decapitated Boy Violated Basic Design St... by theresistor on Monday March 26, 2018 @07:07PM (#16683533)
Poor choice of example. "Electrical boards", aka PCBs, have a lot of safety requirements, and poorly designed ones are often implicated in electrical and battery fires.
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Re:Water Slide That Decapitated Boy Violated Basic Design St... by crazypyro on Monday March 26, 2018 @07:26PM (#16683670)
Fair enough, I had trouble coming up with concrete examples. I do think there are plenty of engineering situations where safety isn't a major concern though.
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