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Just a little coding oopsie (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Don’t forget this one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter

An investigation attributed the failure to a measurement mismatch between two measurement systems: SI units (metric) by NASA and US customary units by spacecraft builder Lockheed Martin.

Oops

[–] subtext 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

~~It was just a simple transposition right? 2.45 (wrong) vs 2.54 (right)~~

E: never mind, I was wrong

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