Nike and Boeing Are Paying Sci-Fi Writers to Predict Their Futures

Re:Nike and Boeing Are Paying Sci-Fi Writers to Predict Thei... by chilukrn on Monday March 18, 2019 @12:01PM (#19422236)

Exactly. May be have good documentation, engineering practices and don't oversell a new model claiming "works exactly like the earlier model"?

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Re:Nike and Boeing Are Paying Sci-Fi Writers to Predict Thei... by rhacker on Monday March 18, 2019 @12:31PM (#19422559)

Lol, I actually want shoes that don't have a manual, tbh.

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Re:Nike and Boeing Are Paying Sci-Fi Writers to Predict Thei... by chilukrn on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @03:25AM (#19428774)

Ok, my comment was in the context of airplane control systems/sensors/UIs, but yeah, more generally, things should fail softly

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Re:Nike and Boeing Are Paying Sci-Fi Writers to Predict Thei... by nraynaud on Monday March 18, 2019 @12:44PM (#19422680)

actually I would like that for my running shoes, I live in fear that changing shoe model would re-trigger knee issues, and I almost would like to always buy the same shoes.

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Re:Nike and Boeing Are Paying Sci-Fi Writers to Predict Thei... by maxxxxx on Monday March 18, 2019 @01:19PM (#19423004)

Same for my hiking shoes. When some shoes work well, I buy several pairs out of fear of a new model replacing it.

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Re:Nike and Boeing Are Paying Sci-Fi Writers to Predict Thei... by inuhj on Monday March 18, 2019 @01:22PM (#19423024)

I do the same thing with tennis shoes. If I like a pair I'll go back and buy 4 more pairs before they change the shoe the next year.

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