jeff 👨💻@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 年前What are some examples of xkcd 2347?xkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squaretvmole@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 年前That’s terrifying! I’ll save the next guy a search https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25
minus-squareFelemuso@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 年前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.
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.