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Re:The screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Sa... by jandrese on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @09:38AM (#16158452)
According to the Twitter thread the option at the bottom of the list (False Alarm) was added as the fix to this problem. Making a reasonable UI was apparently not an option.
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Re:The screen that set off the ballistic missile alert on Sa... by ceejayoz on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @09:42AM (#16158477)
Who says it's not an option?

There's likely a CMS of some sort for adding messages, so adding a false alarm one probably just meant someone with admin access just needed to fill out a web form.

UI changes, even simple ones, would take a little longer.

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