jeff 👨💻@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agoWhat are some examples of xkcd 2347?xkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squaretvmole@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoThat’s terrifying! I’ll save the next guy a search https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25
minus-squareFelemuso@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year 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.
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.