jeff 👨‍💻Jun 22, 2023

What are some examples of xkcd 2347?

https://programming.dev/post/152333

What are some examples of xkcd 2347? - programming.dev

I’ve heard people mention curl and imagemagick. Any others that you know about?

Show threadfing3r
Look up a machine called Therac-25. great example of this. Terrifying.
Jun 22, 2023 at 2:15pmWeb
Show threadtvmoleJun 22, 2023

That's terrifying!

I'll save the next guy a search https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25

Show threadFelemusoJun 22, 2023

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.