• saigot@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    Well apparently it’s programmed to bypass the safety system after 3 attempts under the assumption that the user knows best.

    This seems like a really dumb choice, but I can see why an engineer would want to point out that it’s not incompetent engineering but an incompetent business department.

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      6 months ago

      If you’re implementing it, it’s your responsibility, end of story.

      • OrekiWoof@lemmy.ml
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        6 months ago

        if you don’t implement it, it will get implemented by someone else anyway and you’re putting your job at risk

        • Miaou@jlai.lu
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          6 months ago

          That’s called accountability and that’s why engineers get paid extra. Ethic classes are not the part of engineering degrees in the USA very obviously, I shouldn’t be surprised

          • ShepherdPie
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            6 months ago

            How can you talk about personal responsibility while blaming engineers for the fact that this guy intentionally closed his finger in a car door?

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                6 months ago

                I did read it and I’m also reading it in the context of the article and the rabid group-think here claiming that a potential injury after closing your hand in a door four times in a row is somehow the companies fault or the fault of the engineering department.

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                  6 months ago

                  If you think disabling or weakening safety features after multiple attempts is OK, there is nothing left to discuss with you on this topic.

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                    6 months ago

                    If you have to rely on the appeal to emotion fallacy to do the heavy lifting for your argument, I suppose you’re correct that there’s nothing left to discuss.

                    Personally, I learned long ago not to close my hand in a door after the first attempt. I suppose there’s a reason why some people need safety warnings not to use their toaster in the bathtub, and we should all live by those standards.