Sahwa@reddthat.com to Tech · 13 days agoNotorious software bug was killing people 40 years ago — at least three people died after radiation doses that were 100x too strong from the buggy Therac-25 radiation therapy machinewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down10
arrow-up1156arrow-down1external-linkNotorious software bug was killing people 40 years ago — at least three people died after radiation doses that were 100x too strong from the buggy Therac-25 radiation therapy machinewww.tomshardware.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Tech · 13 days agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squarebitcrafterlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days ago You could imagine rest runs (without people in there, obviously) where you want the thing to quickly emit a lot of energy. I find it concerning that the machine can only rest when it emits a lot of energy.
I find it concerning that the machine can only rest when it emits a lot of energy.
Test. Damn. Test runs.