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by onemoreact 5429 days ago
I think you’re missing the most basic separation.

Engineering has a long history of building things that can kill people. In that context significant caution is required which is still at the heart of any of the true engineering disciplines. Some software fits into that context but the failure of most pieces of software tend to have less dramatic outcomes with most critical systems designed to operate even if it's software does the worst possible things at the worst time.