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The Therac-25 software radiation disaster

• mac3n 6mo ago
  for another example, see the detailed (scrubbed?) study https://www.safetyresearch.net/Library/BarrSlides_FINAL_SCRUBBED.pdf https://www.safetyresearch.net/Library/BarrSlides_FINAL_SCRU... Since then we have extended automotive software from engine control to driving.
• mitchbob 5mo ago
  An evergreen HN topic with many earlier comments: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Therac https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Therac