It really does say something about the civil areospace industry that it will happily slime millions of people over a ultra rare software bug that is triggered by a celestial event. Meanwhile, occasionally cars just have a woopsie in their ECU and people end up accelerating straight into a concrete wall and this is seemingly just accepted (by the manufacturers of course) as a okay-ish thing to do as long as it doesn't happen too much
hailey@hails.org
replied 28 Nov 2025 23:35 +0000
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@benjojo if private car travel was regulated like literally any other form of transport it would be shut down already
benjojo
replied 28 Nov 2025 23:39 +0000
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@hailey yeah totally, it's amazing the difference in treatment (and I'm on the areospace side here to be clear)
eta@gotosocial.i.eta..
replied 28 Nov 2025 23:40 +0000
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@benjojo or you know, contain dangerously explosive airbags that if deployed would kill or disfigure the occupants
benjojo
replied 28 Nov 2025 23:42 +0000
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@eta I mean the airbags are triggered by your day going pretty badly wrong anyway, I'm not quite sure this is the same thing
womble@infosec.excha..
replied 28 Nov 2025 23:46 +0000
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@benjojo never fear! The brave, stalwart warriors of crony capitalism are hard at work battling those pesky regulations, so that soon enough airliners will also have vibe coded control software.
benjojo
replied 28 Nov 2025 23:57 +0000
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@womble idk the reason the aerospace industry is so hawkish on these sorts of things is that people actively do chose to not do unusual things (like flying, for most people) if they think it might kill them. Cars however are seen as unavoidable etc
benjojo
replied 29 Nov 2025 00:14 +0000
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timo@social.hetzel.n..
replied 28 Nov 2025 23:36 +0000
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