A YouTuber let the Cybertruck close on his finger to test the new sensor update. It didn't go well.

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A YouTuber let the Cybertruck close on his finger to test the new sensor update. It didn't go well.
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Yeah, I'm an embedded software developer myself and yeah, when we architect our code we have safety critical sections identified with software safety reviews and we always go with the assumption that we're going to run into that one guy who's the living embodiment of Murphy's law and go from there with that design to minimize the potential for injury and death.

Can't imagine who the hell is in charge of the software safety reviews there that let that pass.

You think a company run by Elon has an extensive software safety review system?

They did, but Elon asked one of them for a latte and they brought him one with 2% instead of oatmilk so he gutted the whole department.

/s, because it might be to be specified.

Whose company that sends a poop emoji as a response when the PR department is emailed? Hmm, this us a tough question. . .

Same in the medical devices industry. We have whole teams of non-developers whose job is to find out when and why a surgeon can be a moron. The code is more difficult to write, but it's way better and more robust.