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where-group-by 12 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: How a software glitch at the UK Post Office ruined...

When a dam or a bridge breaks it is game over.

When software breaks you restart and it's back to "working" order. It would be a different scenario if the computer would set itself on fire on failure.

palm-tree 12 months ago [–]

Except when it's critical software in an aircraft, nuclear power plant, submarine, financial institution etc etc

where-group-by 12 months ago | [–]

Of course, or something as mundane as BIOS.

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