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The Therac-25 Incident (2021)

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449 points lemper | 2 comments | 27 Aug 25 06:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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autonomousErwin ◴[27 Aug 25 08:26 UTC] No.45036869[source]▶
This reminds me of the Belgium 2003 election that was impossibly skewered by a supernova light years away sending charged particles which manage to get through our atmosphere (allegedly) and flipping a bit. Not the only case it's happened.
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1. jve ◴[27 Aug 25 08:41 UTC] No.45036956[source]▶
On the bright side, wow, those computers are really sturdy: takes a whole supernova to just flip a bit :)
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2. kijin ◴[27 Aug 25 08:53 UTC] No.45037033[source]▶
Well the thing is, millions of stars go supernova in the observable universe every single day. Throw in the daily gamma ray burst as well, and you've got bit flips all over the place.