tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post264818347101129364..comments2023-10-29T03:17:06.908-07:00Comments on Anonymous Doc: Anon MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132292623854780366noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-3629649778247613462010-04-29T04:20:27.971-07:002010-04-29T04:20:27.971-07:00I work in a factory that makes simple flat plastic...I work in a factory that makes simple flat plastic sheets to print signs on. There are probably under a hundred variables that cause problems -- temperature settings, different plastics, nip roll tightness, bolts that control the plastic flow.<br /><br />But even here, it's not possible to have a "mental database" of things that go wrong. The top twenty problems, sure. The ones that happen every three months or so -- maybe, after several years of experience. I personally can't even remember these and keep a notebook. (I would do this if I were you, knowing my memory. I'd maybe start with something like the WebMD symptom checker and every time their entry for "swelling" didn't help me, I'd add a little note like "If swelling looks like X, subdural hematoma.")<br /><br />The thing is, the reinforcement is so far apart, and you often never successfully solve the problem anyway, and the wrong solutions you tried tend to wipe out your memory for the right one, and... I can't even imagine how much worse it must be when you're dealing with humans instead of flat plastic sheets.<br /><br />I think we need to replace the human memory with a Wikipedia-like solution. You should be able to take a picture of that swelling, put it in a TinEye.com-like tool, and find a wikipedia page where people talk about similar swellings they saw and what they did. Hopefully as fast as it takes me to look up a problem in my notebook, because you don't have time to research everything.Noumenonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01597461989960782762noreply@blogger.com