One buddy's bike GPS wouldn't charge until he installed a software update. Another buddy's electronic shifters stopped working until the mechanic reset and resynced them and even then they only partially worked, enough to limp home.
"Tell me again how software is making everything better" says the recovering software engineer.
Mark Kristensson
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2026-02-20 16:56:59 UTC
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