12 points

It bothers me it’s not in 4 bit “bytes” even though I know it’s just a convention for computers

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For anyone who doesn’t want to do the conversion, that’s 17 days.

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Unless it’s a signed integer, then it’s -1 and they’re expecting something…

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37 points

It also has a max of 31 days possible. Which has… implications.

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🤔 … What implications? ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ

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Among many other duties I manage the safety and claims database for an outsourced industrial cleaning company and let me tell you, some of the plants my company works struggle to make it a week without an accident, meanwhile some will go years without an accident. We also have one plant which had its last accident during the Bush Administration. Its absolutely wild how much safety can vary from one industrial facility to another

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1 point

I did and I regret it

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3 points

Or 11 in hexadecimal

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1 point

B is 11 in hex though?

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3 points

As in, 0x11 is 17 in decimal.

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71 points

Or -15 days

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Mmm yes. 5 bit two’s complement.

I shouldn’t make fun of it we’ve definitly made some ISA that weird.

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37 points

Ominous

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89 points

It’s even worse considering that they only have five boards. They expect at least one accident every month

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I work in the LTL freight industry, if we go 30 days without an accident or an injury we get a free BBQ day with unlimited food for everyone. We’re talking burgers, hotdogs, chilli, chowder, chips, drinks, etc. Sometimes they even do catering. Our last one they did Hawaiian Food for 2 days (they got too much) which definitely made everyone happy.

I’ve been there for almost 10 years, we average about 2 per year.

Edit to clarify: 2 BBQs per year. We’re really good as getting hurt.

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I wonder if that’s still cheaper, because it makes people value safety of others but also because it raises the burden to report smaller accidents and workmans comp fraud because of peer pressure.

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20 points

It’s telling that their counter only goes up to a month

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28 points

It’s a great way to save on number boards

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28 points

Not so much on board space

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20 points

You can save if your lab is unsafe enough!

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Perverse incentives

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