On: The Design Flaw That Almost Wiped Out an NYC Skyscraper

[cratermoon]

If only software flaws in large commercial proprietary/closed source systems were subject this kind of discovery and mitigation before things break.

[CaveTech → cratermoon]

The flaws in computer software cause damage because people are quick to exploit them. Mother nature is not quite as driven by money and corruption.

[rdl → CaveTech]

A terrifying thing is that one could hack a building management system or the controls for the tuned mass damper specifically and essentially "self destruct" the building, or at least make it much more vulnerable to mother nature.