The Therac-25 Incident

Re:The Therac-25 Incident by snapcaster on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @08:32AM (#38459100)

This is such a tragic story, I think anyone working in tech should be forced to read this once a year to remind them that the work we do can massively impact people (even if it's very abstracted from us!)

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Re:The Therac-25 Incident by the_snooze on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @10:21AM (#38460478)

Tech people should really spend some time reading up on history, even if it's just very tech-relevant history like engineering disasters such as the Therac-25. Even origin stories are important: techno-libertarianism is absolutely baffling, as Silicon Valley and Internet were seeded by massive government/military spending.

Know where you came from. Apply lessons from the past.

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Re:The Therac-25 Incident by razakel on Thursday November 30, 2023 @05:29AM (#38471876)

One mistake is too many when human lives are on the line.

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