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Re:Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security by tstack on Monday November 16, 2020 @08:54PM (#25119506)
> But you still assume that the employee isn't smart enough to know why bolts are different sizes and whether a bigger bolt could work in the place of the smaller bolts.

It sounds like you are not familiar with this disaster:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt_Regency_walkway_collapse

There may be a very good reason things are the way they are.

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Re:Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security by bravura on Monday November 16, 2020 @09:01PM (#25119536)
And apparently you a not familiar with what a cargo cult is?
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Re:Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security by tstack on Monday November 16, 2020 @09:24PM (#25119659)
Uh... what? The comment I replied to argued that a random employee might understand why a particular bolt was chosen. The walkway collapse is literally about bolts/nuts being changed around. That design change by a third party resulted in a disaster that killed over 100 people... Seems like appropriate evidence that a line worker would not actually understand design details. That's not to say they couldn't make a suggestion and feedback their experience. Of course they should do that.
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