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[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 48 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
  • A bug in the code controlling the Therac-25 radiation therapy machine was directly responsible for at least five patient deaths in the 1980s when it administered excessive quantities of beta radiation.
  • Radiation therapy planning software RTP/2 created by Multidata Systems International could incorrectly double the dosage of radiation depending on how the technician entered data into the machine. At least eight patients died, while another 20 received overdoses likely to cause significant health problems (November 2000).
  • A Medtronic heart device was found vulnerable to remote attacks (2008-03).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_bugs#Tracking_years

[-] synicalx@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago

For the 99.99% of people that don’t make software that can kill people, OPs post is true.

No one cares if “uber but for X” has some downtime because some dingus forgot what a linked list is.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 6 days ago

Which is good, because we'd have a lot less software if it all had to be completely bulletproof.

[-] superweeniehutjrs@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Life safety systems, fire protection, most controls, really

[-] alykanas@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 week ago

If you’ve worked in aerospace, you may have heard the phrase “we ain’t in the washing machine business”

[-] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Hello, I am Felon Musk and I will rewrite all of.code on earth for everything because I am a god and absolutely everything will be chainsaw and blueballs fantastic.

I am srsly.

[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 week ago
[-] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

Or eating random, wild mushrooms.

this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2025
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