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475 points danielstocks | 2 comments | 27 May 21 10:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ericmay ◴[27 May 21 13:28 UTC] No.27302804[source]▶
Does Klarna still do the IQ test as part of their hiring process?
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artemonster ◴[27 May 21 13:48 UTC] No.27303056[source]▶
tangential thought, but related: I am, in general, a proponent of nuclear energy as a green alternative to whatever the hell we are doing today. But when I see such stories that humans manage to fuck up simple payment processing apps, still make errors while maintaining bridges, still manage to do hugely negligent screw-ups (most likely corrupt) in *cable cars maintenance*, I immediately think that it is imminent, that something will go wrong with such complex thing as a nuclear reactor and the price there is much bigger.
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1. bellyfullofbac ◴[27 May 21 13:53 UTC] No.27303134[source]▶
The Italian cable car was really messed up. The emergency brakes of that cart were intermittently triggering, so the operator jammed a piece of metal to stop that from happening.

His assumption is surely, "Relax, what's going to happen, the cable won't break!".

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2. ectopod ◴[27 May 21 19:19 UTC] No.27306990[source]▶
> The emergency brakes of that cart were intermittently triggering

My guess: each time a strand within the cable broke the cable stretched a little and the brake triggered.

Five years ago a company was hired to maintain the cable car. They took one look at the state of it, wrote to the operator (the town council) saying it needed to be shut down and exited the contract. It was an accident waiting to happen long before the brake fiasco.