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> The problem is that our systems are architected so that even one exploitable bug anywhere in hundreds of millions of lines of code enables total and irreversi
by 542354234235 5y ago
> The problem is that our systems are architected so that even one exploitable bug anywhere in hundreds of millions of lines of code enables total and irreversible subversion of the system
A modern jet airliner uses about 1,500,000 bolts and screws. Imagine if they were designed so that a failure of any one of them could cause a catastrophic failure of the entire aircraft. Then imagine if people were defending it by saying “This is a metallurgy problem. There will always be the occasional improperly cast bolt or over tightened screw. To expect that to never happen is victim blaming”.
- kragen 5y agoI am definitely going to use this wonderful analogy. Thank you. (Yes, fuzzy metaphorical reasoning is what misled us in the first place, but the problem isn't that the "this is victim blaming, you can always break into a house" people are using fuzzy metaphorical reasoning; it's that, like physics crackpots trying to build the Grand Unified Theory out of styrofoam models, they are only using fuzzy metaphorical reasoning.)