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This kind of thing makes me less apprehensive about programming jobs going away. The quality of the software the world depends on is so low. We can do so much
by superuser2 10y ago
This kind of thing makes me less apprehensive about programming jobs going away.
The quality of the software the world depends on is so low. We can do so much better and hopefully better will be demanded of us as the field matures.
- camiller 10y agoWhy would you jump to the conclusion that this is a software implementation. I believe, based on the comments in the linked article that it is probably a electro-mechanical counter.
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- morsch 10y agoThe problem may not be software, the solution almost certainly will be.
- mywittyname 10y agoThis was likely a known limitation when it was implemented and the costs to overcome it weren't considered worth it.