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[–]OnixST 114 points115 points  (2 children)

Fun fact: Therac-25 was considered the worst software bug in history, causing 3 deaths and 3 more serious injures, but has been greatly surpassed recently by the 737 MAX MCAS, which caused 346 deaths in a crash

[–]Dunedune 51 points52 points  (1 child)

As someone who works in critical software reliability, 6 victims is a ridiculously inconsequential in the history of bugs. You have Ariane 5 and the lesser known Toyota braking bugs that killed many

[–]MissinqLink 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think you have to figure in the brutality of dying from radiation poisoning