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Just a short list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_bugs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_bugs * By some accounts Toyota's electron
by rodrigo975 7y ago
Just a short list
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_bugs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_bugs
* By some accounts Toyota's electronic throttle control system (ETCS) had bugs that could cause sudden unintended acceleration
* The Boeing 787 Dreamliner experienced an integer overflow bug which could shut down all electrical generators if the aircraft was on for more than 248 days
* In early 2019, the transportation-rental firm Lime discovered a firmware bug with its electric scooters that can cause them to brake unexpectedly very hard, which may hurl and injure riders.[6
* A bug in the code controlling the Therac-25 radiation therapy machine was directly responsible for at least five patient deaths in the 1980s when it administered excessive quantities of beta radiation
Now we have to sit and wait for the autonomous vehicles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_self-driving_car_fatalities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_self-driving_car_fatal...
- saiya-jin 7y agoYeah and that's what, 0.1% of all software devs globally that can potentially do physical harm? Most of us just hurl data between places and worst damage is financial. You can't even compare the scales. If you're a construction engineer, any serious flaw in any building you design can kill, sometimes hundreds. How many engineers of those few cases you mention went into jail and were forbidden to work in software industry forever?