Opus 4.6 uncovers 500 zero-day flaws in open-source code

Re:Opus 4.6 uncovers 500 zero-day flaws in open-source code by tptacek on Thursday February 05, 2026 @03:54PM (#46905142)

If you had a machine with a lever, and 7 times out of 10 when you pulled that lever nothing happened, and the other 3 times it spat a $5 bill at you, would your immediate next step be:

(1) throw the machine away

(2) put it aside and call a service rep to come find out what's wrong with it

(3) pull the lever incessantly

I only have one undergrad psych credit (it's one of my two college credits), but it had something to say about this particular thought experiment.

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Re:Opus 4.6 uncovers 500 zero-day flaws in open-source code by candiddevmike on Thursday February 05, 2026 @04:14PM (#46905420)

You're leaving out how much it costs to pull the lever, both in time and money.

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Re:Opus 4.6 uncovers 500 zero-day flaws in open-source code by Dylan16807 on Thursday February 05, 2026 @08:21PM (#46907812)

If we're making a reasonable analogy, then successful pulls cost much less than $5 of time and money.

If the analogy is comparing to downtime, then unsuccessful pulls cost basically nothing.

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