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‘a Japanese term that means “mistake-proofing”. A poka-yoke is any mechanism in a lean manufacturing process that helps an equipment operator avoid (yokeru) mistakes (poka). Its purpose is to eliminate product defects by preventing, correcting, or drawing attention to human errors as they occur.’
(tags: human-error errors mistakes poka-yoke failures prevention bugproofing manufacturing japan)
The Hands That Made The Moomins
lovely New Yorker writeup on Tove Jansson, author of those beautiful children’s books
(tags: tove-jansson moomins books childrens-books reading literature via:etienneshrdlu)
James Casey writes about working at CERN
I am very heartened by Minister of State for Research and Innovation Sean Sherlock’s recent announcement of a review of the costs and benefits of Ireland’s membership of international research organisations including CERN. I disagreed with the conclusion of the last review which suggested that costs outweighed the benefits to Ireland. I think it was an extreme oversight not to be a part of the engineering phase of the Collider during the period 1998-2008 – but it’s not too late. CERN will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2014. There is no public scientific institution its equal in terms of the scale and complexity of problems being analysed and solved. No longer excluding young Irish people from being a part of this, from learning and growing from it, can only help Ireland.
Also, spot my name in lights ;)(tags: ireland cern science europe eu sean-sherlock james-casey www web history)
Digging for cryptocurrency: The newbie’s guide to mining altcoins
Mining Arscoins, dogecoins and litecoins — CPU/GPU mining apps and how to run ’em
(tags: currency bitcoin altcoins dogecoin crypto mining ars-technica)