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ehm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25

• anonymars 19d ago
  > "One [software fault] was when the operator incorrectly selected X-ray mode then in 8 seconds quickly changing to electron mode, which allowed the electron beam to be set for X-ray mode without the X-ray target being in place" Therac-25 is an important software-development case study but a torturous stretch of "Using a computer wrong"
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• misnome 19d ago
  You are right! Computer use should be taught, tested and licensed exactly the same way of steering several tons of metal at 70mph are!
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