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Re:Roblox has been down for days and it’s not because of Chi... by anyfoo on Sunday October 31, 2021 @05:41PM (#29060724)
Maybe their load balancer got hit by a 2009 Toyota Camry with a sticky accelerator pedal?
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Re:Roblox has been down for days and it’s not because of Chi... by wdr1 on Monday November 01, 2021 @12:20AM (#29062965)
I know we're already in the weeds, but Malcolm Gladwell’s “Revisionist History” did an excellent episode on the stuck accelerator problem, basically showing it almost certainly didn't happen.

https://www.pushkin.fm/episode/blame-game/

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Re:Roblox has been down for days and it’s not because of Chi... by Threeve303 on Sunday October 31, 2021 @05:55PM (#29060832)
It is a very unlikely Y2K bug
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