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Re:What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build... by taylodl on Sunday March 31, 2024 @07:19AM (#39883226)
Yeah, that's what the MCAS team thought. Oops!

There is a lot of software used in finance, medicine, transportation, logistics, aerospace, manufacturing, and robotics where a simple whoopsies isn't going to undo the loss of money and the loss of life.

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Re:What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build... by ForHackernews on Monday April 01, 2024 @07:27AM (#39892964)
You're not disagreeing with me.
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Re:What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build... by taylodl on Monday April 01, 2024 @03:31PM (#39898140)
I think I am. I'm disagreeing with you on the volume of software that's critical and relevant. I think you're understating the amount.

I've been in this business for 40 years and I've worked in several verticals. You'd be amazed at how much software is critical to the continued operations of modern civilization. Software has increased the carrying capacity of the planet, and without it, literally billions of people would die.

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