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Probably the most sweat-inducing user input verification code in history. (slrpnk.net)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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This is the code in the Apollo Guidance Computer for Apollo 11.

It's part of the LUMINARY sofware, which ran on the AGC on the Lunar Module. It's meant to check if the landing radar is pointed toward the lunar surface - because the LM went through several orientations, the landing radar could be pointed to the front or the side or down. You're landing on the Moon. Point it down.

Point is, you have to verify user input. Even if your users are the most meticulous and highly trained individuals in history. You have to see if they're lying. So you get to the BURNBABY.

Browse the code in GitHub - this code is in THE_LUNAR_LANDING.agc

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[–] 2 points 5 months ago

You say it like that it is a good thing. The actual reality looks like this: https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/meta-ai/article/metas-ai-chatbot-reportedly-helped-hackers-steal-instagram-accounts--all-they-had-to-do-was-ask-202138534.html

Or to supplement your statement "Meanwhile in 2026 you can ask AI to change the authentication phone number, regardless of if you actually own the account or not."

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