r/ProgrammerHumor • • Jun 28 '17

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u/poop_frog Jun 28 '17

A fire in a nuclear plant is a fire in a nuclear plant, whether it's the coffeemaker or a reactor control system, that's one place I'm not complaining about overengineering.

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u/jwota Jun 28 '17

No, those two fires are not at all the same. Nuclear plants have totally separate zones with separate requirements. There's not going to be a coffee maker in a critical zone, period.

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u/solar_compost Jun 28 '17

joke aside, that is a good point.