Comment by jacquesm

> Given the state of the software industry, it's honestly more surprising that this doesn't happen more often.

It probably does. We just don't notice.

> Our industry is a complete joke, and somehow we've been given responsibility over people's lives.

Amen to that. kqr made some choice comments the other day in that thread about the airliner that came to within a hair of crashing due to running out of fuel. Thinking about risk is not a skill that we're born with and it is always sobering to read the 'risks digest' for a bit and to see how thin the ice really is.