For context, I recently heard having a breadth of knowledge (along with depth in chosen areas) is really helpful in problem solving and I'm looking for concrete examples for the same.
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#3Some of the "top" hospitals in the US are downright miserable to go to as a patient.
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#4A real popular one would be QR codes. They were initially created to track manufacturing processes in the automotive industry. And you know how it is these days...
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#5A real popular one would be QR codes. They were initially created to track manufacturing processes in the automotive industry. And you know how it is these days...
I feel like QR codes failed as a general UI tool. I get annoyed whenever I have to deal with one. They wee HUGE about 10 years ago. Now, not so much.
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I feel like QR codes failed as a general UI tool. I get annoyed whenever I have to deal with one. They wee HUGE about 10 years ago. Now, not so much.
I don’t know about other places, but they’re getting a lot of use in NYC right now as a method for viewing restaurant menus for outdoor dining.
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#7ISO 9001 was implemented in manufacturing, and is quite popular in many circles of hell.
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#8Also, not an industry, but I think that some mathematicians use category theory to translate insights from one domain to other.
(Trying the recipe itself here to find a meta-recipe) I think an insight itself from category theory to a more general recipe could be: don't try to move "laterally" to other industry, but go first "up" from a specific solution to a more general interpretation, and see what more you can solve "down" from there.
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#9I suspect a big one is "regular" engineering vs software engineering. Regular engineering has schedules and (apart from the apple campus) can put up a building in a predictable amount of time. Also testing and maintenance and more.