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- Critical Space Launch System engine test fails https://www.space.com/nasa-sls-megarocket-artemis-1-engine-test-fire 3 comments
- San Jose Teen Fails Driving Test Due to Tesla Regenerative Braking System https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/12/02/950009/ 3 comments
- San Jose Teen Fails Driving Test Due to Tesla Regenerative Braking System https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/11/29/950009/ 2 comments
- The System Failed the Test of Trump https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/system-failed-test/611911/ 24 comments politics
- System tests haven't failed https://jardo.dev/system-tests-are-totally-fine 4 comments ruby
- Trump's impeachment tested our political system, and it failed http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trumps-impeachment-tested-our-political-system-and-it-failed 7 comments politics
- Trump’s impeachment tested our political system, and it failed http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trumps-impeachment-tested-our-political-system-and-it-failed 65 comments politics
- U.S. missile defense system fails latest test https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-missile-defense-system-fails-latest-test/ 20 comments politics
- Top health official says U.S. coronavirus testing system is "failing" https://www.axios.com/trump-coronavirus-testing-fauci-07e7c9a1-893d-4148-83dc-acadd1bb9dd5.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100 9 comments politics
- Top US health official says coronavirus testing system is 'failing' https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/12/top-us-health-official-says-coronavirus-testing-system-is-failing.html 51 comments politics
- A study in paralysis - The fate of health-care reform is a test-case in how initiatives fail. Is it also a sign of much deeper trouble in America’s political system? http://www.economist.com/world/united-states/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15544118? 3 comments politics
- Billion dollar missile defense system test fails because the agency couldn't properly aim even the "clay pigeon" target. http://pressesc.com/01180199363_missile_test_failure 34 comments reddit.com
- UK government defends nationwide emergency alert system after test fails to sound on some phones https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-24/people-react-to-uk-emergency-alert-test/102259186 26 comments technology
- Top US health official says coronavirus testing system is ‘failing’, as infections exceed 1,000 in the USA. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/12/top-us-health-official-says-coronavirus-testing-system-is-failing.html 489 comments worldnews
- Canada’s New National Alert System Failed Spectacularly During Its First Test https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pax79n/canadas-new-national-alert-system-ontario-no-text-mobile-fail-quebec 24 comments worldnews
- Education System in U.S.: Nearly 2,400 North Carolina Teachers Fail Math Exams, Prompting Look At Tests https://www.newsweek.com/education-north-carolina-teachers-fail-math-exams-tests-1054333 6 comments nottheonion
- Games crash in new Ryzen 5 1600 system; screen blackouts in video playback; failed prime95 test https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/6w7cge/games_crash_in_new_ryzen_5_1600_system_screen/ 9 comments techsupport
- Starliner has been given a go to hold at 260 meters from the space station. During the approach two reaction control system jets have failed off. A manual flight test has been put on hold while flight controllers look to restore those jets with a hot fire. https://x.com/SpaceflightNow/status/1798738262368104639 403 comments space
- US-based wellbeing company 10X Health Systems are at the centre of Paul Pogba’s failed doping test last year. 'Celebrity health guru' Gary Brecka also involved in the storm that leaves Pogba fighting for his career https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13388061/US-based-wellbeing-company-health-guru-centre-Paul-Pogbas-failed-drugs-test.html 23 comments soccer
- Introducing the AI Mirror Test, which very smart people keep failing — AI chatbots like Bing and ChatGPT are entrancing users, but they’re just autocomplete systems trained on our own stories about superintelligent AI. That makes them software — not sentient https://www.theverge.com/23604075/ai-chatbots-bing-chatgpt-intelligent-sentient-mirror-test 86 comments technology
- Kevin Lee suspended 6 months for failed drug test, required to pay over $16,000 in fines. He had amphetamines in his system as a result of Adderall to treat his ADHD. https://www.mmafighting.com/2021/11/17/22787619/kevin-lee-suspended-6-months-for-failed-drug-test-required-to-pay-over-16000-in-fines 426 comments mma
- What in the Hell Is Going on With Boeing’s Starliner? - The second uncrewed test of Starliner was scrubbed after 13 valves in its propulsion system failed to open. https://gizmodo.com/what-in-the-hell-is-going-on-with-boeing-s-starliner-1847457012 55 comments technology
- What in the Hell Is Going on With Boeing’s Starliner? - The second uncrewed test of Starliner was scrubbed after 13 valves in its propulsion system failed to open. https://gizmodo.com/what-in-the-hell-is-going-on-with-boeing-s-starliner-1847457012 1579 comments space
- Canada’s New National Alert System Failed Spectacularly During Its First Test - Alerts didn’t make it to mobile devices in Quebec and Ontario. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pax79n/canadas-new-national-alert-system-ontario-no-text-mobile-fail-quebec 3 comments technology
- "The TSA failed to detect ninety percent of the bombs and weapons that were passed through its passenger screening system in its last test. Were the test also applied to baggage placed on planes, it is likely that their failure rate in detecting bombs specifically would be even higher." http://thehill.com/opinion/judd-gregg/282271-judd-gregg-the-tsa-tragedy 517 comments politics
- It’s easy to think that with enough testing a program won’t fail (but who ever thinks their software has been tested enough?). But “normal accident” theory holds that, as a system gets more complex, its chances of failure increase. Even putting in checks and balances makes it more prone to failure. http://simplicity.laserfiche.com/how-complexity-makes-software-bad/ 12 comments programming
- Quantum positioning system steps in when GPS fails: In 2016 a British submarine will slip its moorings and set sail under the guidance of the quantum world. The navigation system it will be testing should record the vessel's position with 1000 times more accuracy than anything before. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229694.000-quantum-positioning-system-steps-in-when-gps-fails.html?cmpid=rss%7Cnsns%7C2012-global%7Conline-news 31 comments technology
- Judge orders that NYC firefighters take on diversity- minorities go from 10% to 62%. NYC must hire minority firefighters who failed their tests in 1999 or 2002 and pay them for the salary they missed. Accusations have been made of "a quota system that sacrifices safety for the sake of diversity." http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/nyregion/for-new-york-city-fire-department-more-diversity-amid-tension.html?hp 3 comments politics
- A test of the only U.S. defense against long-range ballistic missiles failed on Friday, the third consecutive failure involving the interceptor system managed by Boeing Co, the Defense Department said. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/06/us-usa-military-missile-test-idusbre96500o20130706?feedtype=rss&feedname=politicsnews 14 comments politics
- "DNA testing provides false assurance that there is recourse for people failed by the justice system. What it really does is underscore what a true solution would require: a system equipped to deal with the significant number of people locked up for crimes they did not commit." http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/12/tim-cole-rick-perry 13 comments law
- "Pressure" to resume commercial air flights... without proper testing, IF something goes wrong, we'll all be up in arms wondering how the system failed us. For crying out loud, let's exercise some caution and patience. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article7101247.ece 3 comments reddit.com
- A flawed missile defense system generates $2 billion in bonuses for Boeing -- The interceptors failed to destroy their targets in six of the 11 tests — a record that has prompted independent experts to conclude the system cannot be relied on to foil a nuclear strike by North Korea or Iran. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-boeing-bonuses-20160831-snap-story.html 57 comments economy