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Re:Boeing identifies new software problem on grounded 737 Max by avh02 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @03:11PM (#22259809)
The snark is warranted if you call yourself (generic yourself, not you in particular) a software "engineer" - but yeah, if your ego's content with "developer" then the snark's not warranted.
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Re:Boeing identifies new software problem on grounded 737 Max by jimmaswell on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:57PM (#22260836)
It's the job title the company gave me so I use it. No deeper meaning to me.
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Re:Boeing identifies new software problem on grounded 737 Max by shadowgovt on Thursday February 06, 2020 @03:26PM (#22259944)
Even NASA shipped a computer with known severe failure modes for the Apollo vehicle.
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Re:Boeing identifies new software problem on grounded 737 Max by thawaway1837 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @03:50PM (#22260141)
NASA was also doing things that were never done before.

The 737 Max is much worse at doing things that were done much better for decades before it.

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Re:Boeing identifies new software problem on grounded 737 Max by fsh on Thursday February 06, 2020 @03:47PM (#22260120)
This was 60 years ago in a desperate race with the Soviets and with an expendable flight crew. Hardly comparable conditions to commercial aviation.
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Re:Boeing identifies new software problem on grounded 737 Max by ClumsyPilot on Thursday February 06, 2020 @05:21PM (#22261075)
You can have a known risk/failure mode, and risk manage it.

It's another matter entirely to pass on the flawed device to a third party with no preparations and warning. Then people die.

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