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0 pointsjustapassenger3y ago0 comments

> I don't think people realize the life-saving potential in solving this problem.

People do realize it. Especially people who specialize in building safety critical systems.

And they are all aware that Tesla's doesn't do anything to build actually safety-critical systems. They just treat it as building a webapp for sharing photos of cats.

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throwaway8943453y ago· 1 in thread

In a previous job, I was hard real time systems engineer for a major manufacturer of agricultural and construction equipment (stuff that weighed tens of thousands of pounds and can kill you in an instant). Can you elaborate in greater detail what we all think?

justapassengerOP3y ago

If the term safety critical system doesn’t ring a bell to you, well most likely you didn’t work on safety critical system (which is different from working on heavy machines).

It’s a whole engineering discipline. Just Google safety critical systems and safety engineering.

In terms of automotive, ISO 26262. Tesla’s chaotic release process and hot fixes are definitive proof that they don’t do safety life cycle and change management in compliance with it.

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