[HN Gopher] Poka Yoke
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       Poka Yoke
        
       Author : rfreytag
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2021-09-08 02:16 UTC (20 hours ago)
        
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       | canjobear wrote:
       | Why is it written in katakana?
        
         | Igelau wrote:
         | Probably because it's a slogany sort of invented term.
        
       | jonah wrote:
       | I think one implementation if this is where Japanese rail workers
       | point and call out the thing they are noting, checking, or
       | changing as a form of conscious attention.
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       | "Pointing and Calling" (Shisa Kanko):
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       | https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-j...
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       | https://www.christopherroosen.com/blog/2020/4/20/how-the-rit...
        
         | seabird wrote:
         | That's more of a learned behavior that helps you consciously
         | check everything; it's almost the opposite of pokayoke.
         | Implementing pokayoke would involve locking out (or making it
         | incredibly hard) for rail workers to continue a process without
         | confirming that everything has been done as intended.
        
       | nmstoker wrote:
       | Is this strictly a physical thing or can it apply in software?
        
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