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Washing machines actually have quite a bit of code. Car ECUs have even more. Elevator control systems are pretty big. Medical devices have huge codebases. You'
by vardump 10y ago
Washing machines actually have quite a bit of code. Car ECUs have even more. Elevator control systems are pretty big. Medical devices have huge codebases.
You'll definitely use or own something that has a somewhat large codebase.
- nickpsecurity 10y agoMine doesn't. When my washer broke, I called some locals that have a warehouse full of them and repair them. I asked whether it was their opinion, being experts, that my observation about the older ones being more reliable was true? The guy confirmed that older ones easily last a decade or so with new, computer-filled ones breaking all the time. Said they're good business for him. Sold me what he claimed was a good model of older ones he had for under $100. I was surprised when he told me the one that broke was around 20 years old. That is both reliability and return on investment. :)
- imtringued 10y agoThat is mostly because the newer washing machines replace what used to be steel with plastic to cut costs.
- nickpsecurity 10y agoI'd believe it. He said the electronics screw up, too. He was fixing a control system on one that was just a few circuits in the knob on older ones.