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Re:Robinhood goes down again, during another historic tradin... by swsieber on Monday March 09, 2020 @12:14PM (#22526573)
> strict regulations to follow, and the responsibility of safely handling money for millions of people. This should be fixed within days even if it means redesigning the entire system

Somehow, in my mind, the responsibility of safely handling money of millions and redesigning the entire system don't really mix. Ditto for strict regulations and redesigning the entire system.

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Re:Robinhood goes down again, during another historic tradin... by thfuran on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:49PM (#22528429)
I know it's not the same regulations but I'm pretty sure the next FDA auditor would have a heart attack if we slipped "rewrote the whole product" into one of our patch notes at work.
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