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wil421yesterday at 7:48 PM1 replyview on HN

My dad worked at Lockheed and in the 80s they joked they used JIC (just in case) manufacturing. They had so many parts without a clear reason as to why they created so many.


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stmwtoday at 2:02 AM

JIC! That's funny. It may sound like inefficiency, but really it is an option on future flexibility. Just like the big box of cables.