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Games, websites, and everything else - both Apple [1] and Dropbox [2] got passwords wrong in the last decade. I am in awe of the NASA programmers who have virtually no bugs [3].

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/29/macos-hig...

[2] https://www.cnet.com/news/dropbox-confirms-security-glitch-n...

[3] https://www.fastcompany.com/28121/they-write-right-stuff

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I think you may not realize how many bugs NASA programmers are making. For instance, see the fairly simple mistake made on Deep Impact spacecraft:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Impact_(spacecraft)#Conta...

There are no doubt more, that don't cause the loss of an entire spacecraft.

Every time I see "Deep Impact" in the context of NASA I end up thinking of the Climate Orbiter; where, due to an issue with unit conversion between metric and SI they turned it into the most expensive lawn dart to ever leave the solar system.

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