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Re:Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential star... by DanBC on Monday December 12, 2016 @07:21AM (#13157532)
Safety critical equipment needs safety critical software.

You also need to provide machines and software for cheaper than a human life. Human life has a distressingly low value in several mining industries.

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Re:Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential star... by gimili on Monday December 12, 2016 @08:23AM (#13157842)
So you see the biggest challenges in the machines and execution of the work, rather than in the planning?
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