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It's Stanislav Petrov day —40yrs ago he saved world by suppressing a tech glitch
- gladiatr72 3y agoI'll put it on my calendar! With all there is to elicit dismay, it is a welcome breath to commemorate that on that day, we did not get hit by a bus!
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- drt5b7j 3y agoI recently learned that there was another even closer call than Stanislav Petrov https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov
- aaron695 3y ago[dead]
- great_psy 3y ago40 years is not that long ago. Have we really learned anything ?
- dp-hackernews 3y agoCrimson Tide is a 1995 American action thriller film directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. It takes place during a period of political turmoil in Russia, in which ultranationalists threaten to launch nuclear missiles at the United States and Japan. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Tide_(film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Tide_(film)
- lnxg33k1 3y agoImagine the dev after the apocalypse, “it worked on my pc” Kudos to Petrov btw
- travisporter 3y agoLoving this geocities-style tribute to petrov (found on wiki). https://www.brightstarsound.com/index.html https://www.brightstarsound.com/index.html
- MetaMonk 3y agoWhat's with all the posts lately that have edited titles for submissions