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Re:At least 21 killed in Spain after crash involving high-sp... by TaupeRanger on Monday January 19, 2026 @10:13AM (#46679877)
Iatrogenesis is everywhere! Medicine, engineering, economics, politics, etc.
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Re:At least 21 killed in Spain after crash involving high-sp... by impish9208 on Monday January 19, 2026 @11:10AM (#46680593)
I didn’t know this concept had a name, so thanks for that. Now I have a fancy sounding term to tell my manager why I won’t touch that ugly EnterpriseJavaBeans codebase and that we need to rewrite it from scratch.
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Re:At least 21 killed in Spain after crash involving high-sp... by moralestapia on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @06:35AM (#46704213)
That's not what Iatrogenesis means, though ...

Unless you plan to give medicine to your code.

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Re:At least 21 killed in Spain after crash involving high-sp... by TaupeRanger on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @09:21AM (#46706081)
“That’s not what Bug means though, unless you plan to put literal insects inside your computer”
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Re:At least 21 killed in Spain after crash involving high-sp... by moralestapia on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @10:06AM (#46706698)
Iatro- means medicine ...

Check a dictionary or something.

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Re:At least 21 killed in Spain after crash involving high-sp... by TaupeRanger on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @11:46AM (#46708136)
“Bug” is derived from “bugge”, which means “scarecrow or goblin”. Check a dictionary or something.
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Re:At least 21 killed in Spain after crash involving high-sp... by moralestapia on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @12:31PM (#46708718)
I never said your analogy was valid, but the opposite.

Read carefully.

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Re:At least 21 killed in Spain after crash involving high-sp... by TaupeRanger on Thursday January 22, 2026 @10:05AM (#46720145)
The analogy is valid. Words originally used for one purpose can be used to describe analogous situations outside of the original definition. Read...anything.
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