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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. viraptor ◴[27 May 21 14:20 UTC] No.27303469[source]▶
I kind of get the worry, but the requirements and processes seem to scale exponentially with reliability needs. Online companies may fuck up every day in new and creative ways and we barely get to hear about it. On the other hand we know of every nuclear failure so far with enough public details to discuss the whole time line, system design, steps each person followed, etc. and the death count is still minimal. Then each of those is an input to the future processes. Nuclear power plants and air traffic are in their own class of reliability and safety processes - not even comparable to that's happening in internet commerce.
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2. klmadfejno ◴[27 May 21 15:06 UTC] No.27304003[source]▶
We know every nuclear failure. We don't know every time a strong nuclear risk existed but by chance, didn't trigger. Nuclear power plants are probably much safer on average, but it only takes one corner cutting plant to cause a nuclear accident.

That said, I'm also pro-nuclear.