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Software in cars, planes, other types of transportation. Medical software, military programs, the software used by civil engineers,.. There's probably lots of

• InitialLastName 8y ago
  Not to mention the phone apps that keep users so addicted they can't look away to operate heavy machinery.
  • pluto9 8y ago
    If a crane falls over because the operator was playing Candy Crush, I think that can be placed squarely in the category of "user error".
  • jnxx 8y ago
    > Not to mention the phone apps that keep users so addicted they can't look away to operate heavy machinery. Or cars while they are crossing the roads. I see this daily.
    • InitialLastName 8y ago
      Oh, good point. Do you have any statistics handy on how many people are killed and maimed by inattentive pedestrians? It would be useful for contrasting with [0]. [0]: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/Publication/812456 https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/Publication/8124...
• xxxdarrenxxx 8y ago
  Indeed, few days ago big portion of medicine system was down. I only needed to get basic meds, and was fixed next day, but imagine someone with heavy depression/suicidal or psychotic/schizofrenic not getting meds. It's a double down, because people with these conditions get meds to prevent damaging episodes but you can also not go "cold turkey" with certain medicines, which can result in extreme (short term) side effects/episodes, within as close as 24 - 48 hours.