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After a daily life of losing faith in the possibility good software and long lasting consumer products, it’s the Mars Rovers that give me this amazing optimism

After a daily life of losing faith in the possibility good software and long lasting consumer products, it’s the Mars Rovers that give me this amazing optimism that humanity is capable of truly awesome feats of engineering. The longevity, durability, and mind-boggling logistics of these rovers is just so fucking cool.

pjmlp 3y ago
Until proper liability laws come into play, only high integrity systems will have this kind of quality placed into them.
tinus_hn 3y ago
On the other side, recognizing what is ‘good enough’ gave us cheap commodity computing. Not perfect but good enough.