Re:Alaska Airlines flight 1282 NTSB preliminary report [pdf]
by renewiltord on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @06:26PM
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Well, to be clear, I don't usually put people in danger. There's a lot these engineers could learn from software engineers: who are really the highest performance at engineering as a craft. One base rule: Above all, kill no one.
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Re:Alaska Airlines flight 1282 NTSB preliminary report [pdf]
by matheweis on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @09:16PM
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I think that software engineers put people in danger more often than they would like to believe; have a look at the UK Postal Service scandal for a great example of a seemingly innocuous bit of software absolutely destroying numerous lives.
Re:Alaska Airlines flight 1282 NTSB preliminary report [pdf]
by renewiltord on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @11:41PM
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Indeed. And yet immediately outmatched by the number of lives destroyed by motor vehicles (probably per day).
Re:Alaska Airlines flight 1282 NTSB preliminary report [pdf]
by lucianbr on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @03:08AM
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Neither the software nor the software engineers were the ones who destroyed people's lives. That's on managers of the software company, managers of the postal service, prosecutors and judges who all conspired to hide the truth and condemn innocent people. I believe software engineers actually testified that the software had bugs, and the prosecutors hid that particular testimony.