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except everything fucking runs on software now mate…
by bdangubic 2y ago
except everything fucking runs on software now mate…
- nradov 2y agoIt used to be everything ran on mechanical machines and analog electronics. That stuff failed all the fucking time. We're no worse off today with software.
- bdangubic 2y agoI wonder if there is a mechanical thing that can launch a nuclear missile or fuck up X billion devices that rely on GPS… mechanical shit was local, electronic shit is global, not comparable at all
- SamPatt 2y agoDropping nukes on Japan was about as mechanical as you can get. The first half of the 20th century excelled in mechanical destruction. Thus far, the electronic age has been much less bloody.
- bdangubic 2y agoit is remarkable we are comparing this but hey, we’ve done crazier things on HN :)
- epr 2y agoDo you really believe what you're saying, or are you just trying to "win" the argument? The nukes functioned as intended...
- SamPatt 2y agoI'm responding to the implication that "mechanical shit" is local and thus less damaging. Since they mentioned nukes it seemed like an obvious example where local things can be catastrophic. The theoretical risk of electronic things malfunctioning in some global way that they mentioned has never resulted in any nuclear weapons being deployed, but we've actually seen the local mechanical approach they disregard be devastating.
- lproven 2y ago> Thus far, the electronic age has been much less bloody. You're not looking at the right signs. In terms of pollution and environmental damage, including with direct human impact such as microplastics, things have been getting worse pretty much exponentially quicker every year _since_ the end of WW2.
- firesteelrain 2y agoThe stuff you first mention is held to a much higher standard and regulatory process.