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I'd consider the Post Office Scandal to be far more malicious. The higher ups in the post office were getting bonuses IIRC according to how much money was "reco
by ndsipa_pomu 1y ago
I'd consider the Post Office Scandal to be far more malicious. The higher ups in the post office were getting bonuses IIRC according to how much money was "recovered" (defrauded) from the subpostmasters. Also there was a lot of lying to the courts and ministers about the reliability of the software.
As far as I know, the Therac-25 incidents were reasonably honest mistakes.
- OskarS 1y agoI agree, that is very true, Therac-25 was incompetence, Post Office was incompetence with a heavy dose of malice. This aspect just steuck me as similar, the unquestioning belief in the infallibility of software.