vorgol
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Another interesting fact mentioned in the podcast is that the earlier (manually operated) version of the machine did have the same fault. But it also had a failsafe fuse that blew so the fault never materialized. Excellent demonstration of the Swiss Cheese Model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model
But let's appreciate that this will increase the use of formatters astronomically (or part thereof), which is an excellent thing.
Picture this. Guy comes home late at night. Outdoor light is on. He goes in and presses he light switch. No lights come on but the fuse blows and now the outdoor light is gone.
What does he do?
The answer is that you have no idea based on only that information. It's tempting to think he'll do what my friends and I would do: find the fusebox and investigate.
But the thing is, his crazy ex's crazy boyfriend threatened yesterday to kill him. This guy is bolting, not looking for the fusebox.
Maybe incentivized? $1000? $10000? Would be interesting to hear from the developer himself.
It's definitely an exited voice, but is it read out as in a battle or as in a romantic scene?
-- Kent Overstreet, bcachefs maintainer: https://lore.kernel.org/all/citv2v6f33hoidq75xd2spaqxf7nl5wb...