Premise:
"Programmers are furiously debugging old software, so we're likely to avoid catastrophic shutdowns of electrical grids, banks, air-traffic computers, medical equipment, and the like."
Hypothesis: Software bugs could lead to serious injury or loss of life.

it is not possible to tell

Premise:
"As a sidetrip, take the D909 east to the Mont Veyrier cable car, continuing on to the pretty town of Menthon-Saint-Bernard and its medieval castle high above the lake."
Hypothesis: The town of Menthon-Saint-Bernard looks horrendous.

no

Premise:
"National Income Account data were downloaded from Standard and Poor's DRI database."
Hypothesis: National Income Account data was downloaded from a database
yes