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Better the next Theranos than the next Therac.
by fennecfoxen 10y ago
Better the next Theranos than the next Therac.
- glup 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 (I didn't know about this... interesting case study, thanks!)
- jacquesm 10y agoInteresting is too mild a word. Devastating is probably more accurate.
- brians 10y agoWe could have learned that lesson in many other ways. I am glad we have the opportunity when it was pointed at one person at a time—that could have been a subway or aircraft controller. Now, the hard part is ensuring we really do learn the lessons Therac can teach us.
- stickfigure 10y agoI was about to post "...or could have been a Toyota ECU?" But doing a little obligatory pre-mouth-opening-due-diligence, I discovered that the Toyota ECU I remember so much bad press about apparently wasn't at fault. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009–11_Toyota_vehicle_recalls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009–11_Toyota_vehicle_recalls