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		Zak 20 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Drunk post: Things I've learned as a senior engine... Your car's ABS is probably programmed in something more error-prone than Python, like C or the assembly language of whatever microcontroller runs it. This gets more terrifying if you've ever experienced spurious ABS activation. It's the third scariest thing that's happened to me in a vehicle.

nerptastic 20 days ago [–]

What are the first and fourth?

Zak 20 days ago | [–]

First was hydroplaning on a motorcycle.

Fourth was probably a makeshift bridge over a creek collapsing while crossing it as a passenger on an ATV. I was pretty young when that happened.

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