Rokil@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoA new way of programmingsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1397arrow-down119
arrow-up1378arrow-down1imageA new way of programmingsh.itjust.worksRokil@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareAurenkin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up61arrow-down1·1 year agoLike back in the day when the Romans would have the engineer stand underneath the bridge while it was tested.
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minus-square🧋 Teh C Peng Siu Dai@lemmy.worldBlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoSounds good, the finance, political and oil industries should adopt this practice too. Stock market crash - wall street culling time! 🥳
minus-squaresudo22@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoDrive a single 18-Wheeler (hundreds in a day, whatever) over any ancient road or bridge you’re thinking of and you’ll see how false this statement is.
minus-squarech00f@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoSurvivorship bias. All the shit they made that didn’t last fell apart in 20 years, so it’s not around anymore for us to gawk at.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoThat sounds interesting, I did a quick search and couldn’t find any good sources for it. Do you mind linking yours?
minus-squaredukk@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoIt’s actually a common misconception. Here’s a good article which debunks that. TLDR there’s no true historical evidence that this ever happened.
Like back in the day when the Romans would have the engineer stand underneath the bridge while it was tested.
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Sounds good, the finance, political and oil industries should adopt this practice too. Stock market crash - wall street culling time! 🥳
Drive a single 18-Wheeler (hundreds in a day, whatever) over any ancient road or bridge you’re thinking of and you’ll see how false this statement is.
Survivorship bias.
All the shit they made that didn’t last fell apart in 20 years, so it’s not around anymore for us to gawk at.
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That sounds interesting, I did a quick search and couldn’t find any good sources for it. Do you mind linking yours?
It’s actually a common misconception. Here’s a good article which debunks that. TLDR there’s no true historical evidence that this ever happened.