If any of the stairs are damaged and cannot stay attached correctly, there is a chance of falling into the machinery below, which will not stop just because a human is in the way.
If the failure is in the braking system, it can quickly turn into rapidly moving stairs, which can be very lethal.
Most escalators have multiple independent braking systems so that this doesn’t happen, but some poorly maintained escalators have been discovered with 2 or even all 3 systems disabled.
I often do something else on the phone that takes minimal effort and can be stopped at any time.
My normal choices are sudoku, crossword, 2048, or an idle game.
These hold systems (except the ones with a callback option) are absolutely not designed for disabilities, and I doubt they were even designed for human interaction. Forcing someone to actively wait is either a terrible oversight, or intentionally harmful design (i.e. to reduce the number of calls they need to handle).
Ich bin ein deutsch, offensichtlich.
Pinning the CPU clock can have certain uses.
What about showing the result that exactly matches the search query instead of a bunch of similar items?
Not too many people will tell you about the time they got coronavirus and died.
Physics Girl has another story though.
I’m in Australia. I don’t get below 200 ping. 150 would be nice.
Yeah, tell that wall to get out of your way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse_and_naval_vessel_urban_legend#Example
It feels pretty easy when all you have to do is observe and give occasional instructions.
Most people are pretty bad at guessing the amount of effort someone else needs to complete a task.
Most people also have enough empathy to ask how much effort it was instead of telling you what they experienced and assuming it was the same for you.
Unfortunately, some people will still think a headache is painless because they are not the one experiencing it.
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Why a sphere? Why not a torus?
They’ve got 2 extra small ones at the back.
On desktop, the < and keys while paused move by individual frames.
Mark Rober video with R2-D2 horn sound.
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Did you know: If all the railway lines in the US were joined end to end
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Multiple independent braking systems and adequate maintenance.
A single failure may cause the escalator to stop working, but it takes 3 failures in a row to make it catastrophic. Regular maintenance catches this failures before 3 in a row can occur.