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What are some examples of xkcd 2347? (xkcd.com)

submitted 1 year ago by jeff to c/programming

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

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's terrifying!

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

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.