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jaseg

@UkeBLCatboy @guerrillarain @Stellar@mk.absturztau.be Software can never be relied on for safety-critical functions. There should have been several hardware failsafes for exactly this case where the software does something stupid. They did not actually fix this in firmware, they just kicked the can down the road, eliminating one particular software failure mode, but without doubt leaving dozens of other software failure modes open.

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ThatKomputerKat :neocat_cool:

@jaseg @UkeBLCatboy @guerrillarain yeah.. the video also covered how the opening not being a single piece of plastic permanently attached to the base but separate top and bottom pieces that just rest together would have made this failure mode non-lethal. The overall design is just fucked because of the opening being a single piece fixed to the base. Even with the fixed firmware that still makes a sensor failure mean death.

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