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Comment Re:Boeing's Poor Engineering Design. (Score 1) 248

Then it should be FAA and other regulatory agency's job to shift the focus from evading liability to safety and mitigating risks/hazards. Medical devices also don't want product liability, but FDA makes sure that device makers focus on patient safety first and foremost over all other business concerns.

Comment Boeing's Poor Engineering Design. (Score 0) 248

A safety critical system should have checks in place to require pilots to confirm an action that can lead to catastrophic event. This plane is loaded with sensors and computers, it would easily be able to tell that shutting the engines down will be catastrophic, and require a pilot to confirm their action. I write software for medical devices, and we have such mechanism in place in case a physician makes a mistake using the software and configures the device in a way that could potentially harm the patient. Why did Boeing not include such a basic mechanism in their design? Why did their design review not catch such basic safety risk? I don't buy that this was a pilot error/suicide, that's just a very convenient excuse.

Comment Re:Eff you, Amazon (Score 1) 106

100%. I've completely cut off Amazon and all other billionaire business. These ego maniacs can shark my chick. With today's collaboration tools, with audio/video and immediate access to your teammate's availability status, working online is more productive than in-person. Anyone who thinks otherwise is just ignorant about use of collaboration technology or on a management power trip.

Comment Black money...easy comes easy go. (Score 1) 86

No sympathy for these idiots who choose to put money in fake made up currencies. A large % of this money pool is probably black money that was put there to avoid taxation and garnered through bribes and other assortment of nefarious practices. For the hard-earned retail investor who lost money, sorry for your loss. Learn your lesson and do better in the future. May be it is better to not be super greedy and think about what your money is insured against. And never invest more than what you can afford to lose.

Comment Re:A has been... (Score 1) 36

I've worked in the Cardiac Rhythm Management field for 20+ years working on software for implantable pacemakers and defibs. The reliability of Apple watch ECG is beyond laughable. We were initially worried about potential competition from Apple, but once we saw their product in action, we knew we had nothing to worry about. Apple is all marketing and image.

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