alt Hacker NewsLast year alone, 40 people died in Spain in a train derailment. In total, how many people have died over the last 100 years because of something a software engineer did?
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LtWorf • yesterday at 10:24 PM
Probably way more.
YorickPeterse • yesterday at 11:07 PM
Probably more than we'd like to admit. This isn't new either (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 for example).
Thinking software developers have done no wrong (deliberately or not) ever is just borderline naive.
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redsocksfan45 • yesterday at 10:18 PM
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Take a look at the software integration in the average hospital and you'd be horrified