If you didn't study Computer Science, you probably don't know the tragic story of the Therac-25: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25
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Replying to @headius
@headius@carols10cents oh jesus. i *was* aware of the Therac-25… i was *not* aware that it was a programming concurrency problem however.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Replying to @knowtheory
@knowtheory @headius and a UX problem, and a counter overflow problem, and and and :(
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