Hacker News with Generative AI: Software Errors

When you deleted /lib on Linux while still connected via SSH (2022) (tinyhack.com)
Let’s first not talk about why this can happen, but deleting /lib, /usr/lib, or some other essential runtime files happens quite a lot (as you can see: here, here, here, and here). In this post, I will only discuss what happens when you delete /lib on Linux and how to recover from that.
The case of a program that crashed on its first instruction (microsoft.com)
A customer was baffled by crash reports that indicated that their program was failing on its very first instruction.
Software issues Georgia man 1.4M speeding ticket (nbcnews.com)
A Georgia man was left reeling after receiving a $1.4 million speeding ticket, but city officials say the figure was just a placeholder, not the actual fine.