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Re:Alameda lost tens of millions because of a fat fingering ... by 1970-01-01 on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @08:56PM (#37592000)
>The tricky thing about risk is that it's usually invisible, right up until it comes around and bites you in the ass.

Saved!

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Re:Alameda lost tens of millions because of a fat fingering ... by vgatherps on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @09:14PM (#37592134)
Invisible can equally mean “actually invisible” but often means “we told the people shouting and screaming about this risk to shut up”
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Re:Alameda lost tens of millions because of a fat fingering ... by cwalv on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @10:43PM (#37592656)
> we had sanity checks in place to make sure that the orders being sent were reasonable relative to current market prices. Not so for manual trades, which were by nature discretionary.

I guess we have different definitions of "invisible"

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