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This thread would be incomplete without a link to the Therac-25: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 TL;DR: Softwa
by geocrasher 5y ago
This thread would be incomplete without a link to the Therac-25:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25
TL;DR: Software race condition caused radiation doses several hundred times higher than intended, killing several patients.
- fullstop 5y agoWe studied that case in my college classes, and I decided to never work in a field with such risks.
- goodpoint 5y agoThe thread is about "Have you ever hurt yourself from your own code?" ...otherwise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX