Why “Systems” is being discussed
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Kind of, you will note that it is based on COM, exactly to prevent ABI issues. Which is what Windows has been doing since C++ replaced C for most of the systems programming stuf…
by pjmlp · Oct 31, 2026
I’ve taken entire systems offline because of unexpected command expansion. My “favourite” was “admin”, which was used as the login user, was also short form for “administer-all-…
by hnlmorg · Oct 31, 2026
This is only the beginning. Just look at systems being hacked in europe as well. Long on cybersecurity all the way
by ddk_ · Oct 31, 2026
Software quality was never as big of an issue as it’s made out to be. Even before AI most software that ran “mission-critical” systems was kind of bad. I mean huge enterprises g…
by icantevenhold · Oct 31, 2026
I'm sure this is happening but I also wonder if ironically those systems are hardened by adversaries. I could imagine nation state actors, once they're in, hardening the systems…
by AdamN · Oct 31, 2026
also take the money saved on engineering and just run two systems in parallel for a year
by htrp · Oct 31, 2026
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A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules or set of constraints to form a unified whole. A system, surrounded and influenced by its environment, is described by its boundaries, structure and purpose and is expressed in its functioning. Systems are the subjects of study of systems theory and other systems sciences. Read more on Wikipedia