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In software this is a reboot or an apology to a client.

In aerospace this is dead people.




Server leaking sensitive personal info due to bug can easily lead to doxxing, which can be amplified to swatting, which can kill.

Hospital system failing to parse patient's allergies can kill.

MCAS

Therac-25

That said, the stuffs I normally work in (or rather what I allow myself to work in) fall in to the reboot and apologize category.




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