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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

At least you get to take an ethics class. Mine was just about patents and Therac-25

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I mean, we really don't want a repeat of the Therac-25

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I only learned about it from the "Well There's Your Problem" podcast. Can't believe my school never talked about it. We did hear all about Challenger though as well as a few other disasters where the lesson was "If you cut corners, or take chances, people can DIE"

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