• HubertManne@kbin.social
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    1 month ago

    I have seen something like this a lot. Many more that work fine but but they certainly don’t seem to be at the five 9’s or two nines or maybe even one nine. maybe one nine.

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      five 9’s or two nines or maybe even one nine. maybe one nine.

      This is the first time I hear this expression, what does it mean?

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        1 month ago

        “Five Nines” typically refers to something that works 99.999% of the time, which still allows for 1 screw-up out of 100,000.

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            I learned it working telecom. For example, if you wish to offer 911 service, your service has to be operational 99.999% of the time.

            It’s more casually used to mean a service or operation is insanely reliable.

  • baggachipz@sh.itjust.works
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    I fucking hate motion-sensing faucets so much. We can edit the human genome, but are unable to make a motion sensor that actually fucking works?! Fuck outta here.

    I actually prefer the old-school “push-down and have limited time” type at this point.

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      1 month ago

      I just want a foot pedal to press. Public toilets should also have those just for hygienic reasons.

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        1 month ago

        I really miss these hand washing stations we had in elementary school.

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        I’m not sure if this is ADA compliant. It might be the reason why we don’t see these very often. I had one of these at work though.

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          ADA compliancy is such a BS hurdle sometimes.

          “Hey we made this improvement that will help 99.99% of all people!”

          “What about the remaining 0.01%?”

          “Well, no, unfortunately it won’t work for those edge cases”

          “Ewww… Well it’s not allowed then. If a blind man in a wheelchair with a service dog can’t use it, then no one can!”