jeff 👨💻 to [email protected]English • 2 years agoWhat are some examples of xkcd 2347?xkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up18
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoLook up a machine called Therac-25. great example of this. Terrifying.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoThat’s terrifying! I’ll save the next guy a search https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoTl;dr: The Therac-25, a radiation therapy machine produced by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), was implicated in six accidents between 1985 and 1987 where patients received massive radiation overdoses due to software errors.
Look up a machine called Therac-25. great example of this. Terrifying.
That’s terrifying!
I’ll save the next guy a search https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25
Tl;dr:
The Therac-25, a radiation therapy machine produced by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), was implicated in six accidents between 1985 and 1987 where patients received massive radiation overdoses due to software errors.