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[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Basically, everything involving IT

[–] JakJak98@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Idk. A lot of shitty infrastructure that works can go by unnoticed for a long time. So not everything in IT. Just when it breaks or isnt maintained.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Yes, you're absolutely right. I was thinking more about maintenance, so that the infrastructure doesn't break down in the first place, which would definitely be noticeable.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
[–] sturger@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Disease prevention.

Everyone hates on disease prevention when it works (“Why should we wear masks?!?”) but wants to know what went wrong when it doesn’t work (“10,000 people died from a disease that was preventable. Why didn’t you tell us to wear masks?!?”).

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 6 months ago

epidemiology of diseases, yea when china hid both news and data of sars 1 and 2 something was wrong when it was showing up magically in many countries at once.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 8 points 6 months ago

Schooling, common public services.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 months ago

Road asphalt/concrete/whatever the fuck it is these days.

You might notice it immediately after a stretch has been repaved/freshly paved, but once you're driving over it daily, you tend to not notice it.

However... if it's badly done with bumps or dips or mounds, it's definitely noticeable.

Finally, if it's not done at all and the road is a mess of potholes is impossible to not notice.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 7 points 6 months ago

Government.

[–] j4k3@piefed.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Painting cars is the ultimate job of invisibility. Your biggest triumphs as a painter are jobs that go entirely unnoticed.

[–] mountaincalledmonkey@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 months ago

radio access network (cell coverage)

[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Plasterboard joins.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago
[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago
[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 1 points 6 months ago

Plasterboard joins.

Data backups.

[–] peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Finger banging.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

niche example, Science paper writing+ research experiements, might be only for people who are into the type of research your reading. it looks GOOD on paper, but its very noticebale by the lack of followthrough research for those who look for details in your experiment and cant replicate it. if something sounds too good to be true like certain research from china, and they couldnt back it up, yea something is really wrong, like how they allegedly changed the dna of babies.

good on paper, as the stuff you read in magazine articles for the lay person, but none of the technical data that are from Research papers.

[–] JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 1 points 6 months ago

Unironically steak.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Makeup and plastic surgery