[qualitytime]

Top 10 software blunders of all time:

1) (Apple) 1 + 2 + 3 = 24 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15538666

2) (Apple) Blank root password https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15800676

3) ...

[manmal]

0) Therac 25: https://hackaday.com/2015/10/26/killed-by-a-machine-the-ther...

There ARE areas more safety critical than desktop computing, you know.

[isoprophlex]

Sort of related:

- it is almost 2018 and copy pasting on an ipad/iphone is still a horrible, non-deterministic nightmare

[INTPenis]

Well I remember when the Ubuntu installer left your root password in a clear text file that was world readable on your FS.[1]

I would really like to see a top 10 list of software blunders, I think everyone on HN would.

1. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/34606

[lultimouomo]

In that case the bug was fixed in less than a day. Let's see how Apple fares.

[0xnotsohex]

0)(Apple) If macOS High Sierra shows your password instead of the password hint https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15410953

[erikbye]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_5