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Re:Chicago sold rights to 36k parking meters for $1.2B that ... by justinclift on Friday March 03, 2023 @10:15AM (#35010663)
> So the best we can do is to build a system that works even when all actors are self-serving.

Doesn't seem to be working though eh?

That being said, I don't have any fantastic suggestions either. :(

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Re:Chicago sold rights to 36k parking meters for $1.2B that ... by hbrn on Friday March 03, 2023 @01:28PM (#35013285)
If a system has bugs, is it fair to say it's not working?

Typically you just fix a bug, though of course some systems reach a point where a rewrite (either incremental or from scratch) is the only option. I see absolutely no evidence that we reached that point, all arguments are just emotional factoids. I also see no attempts for an incremental rewrite, all people want is to burn the system and hope that something good rises from the ashes.

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