alt Hacker NewsThey could, if they were specced correctly. Wasn't the story that they intentionally requested robots hardened against lower radiation level than required to not disclose the true extent of the catastrophe? So the German company that built them underspecced the shielding and so they died quickly.
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echelon • last Friday at 6:00 PM
> specced
Totally orthogonal, but you just reminded me of a pet peeve I have.
This word is correct, but I can't stand it.
I wish we spelled this "specked", even though that has a homonym.
Like trafficked, panicked, frolicking, etc.
"specced" makes my brain wince.
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The real story is a little less dramatic - it got stuck, and that meant it was exposed to the radiation for much longer than planned.