Re:Prison. Bankruptcy. Suicide. How a software glitch ruined...
by a-dub on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @02:08AM
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didn't terry gilliam make a movie about literal bugs in government computers ruining lives back in the early 80s?
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Re:Prison. Bankruptcy. Suicide. How a software glitch ruined...
by momentoftop on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @03:12AM
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"Tuttle? His name's Buttle. There must be some mistake."
"Mistake? Ha! We don't make mistakes."
Proceeds to drop ceiling plug through ceiling.
"That's bloody typical. They've gone back to metric without telling us."
Re:Prison. Bankruptcy. Suicide. How a software glitch ruined...
by vidarh on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @02:20AM
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Brazil. With a very unfortunate typo causing mistaken identity.
Re:Prison. Bankruptcy. Suicide. How a software glitch ruined...
by HideousKojima on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @02:44AM
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The most hilarious part to me was when the main character's friend (the government torturer guy) suggested that the mixup was intentionally caused by the wrongfully accused (or something along those lines?) as a way to make the government look bad.
Re:Prison. Bankruptcy. Suicide. How a software glitch ruined...
by surfingdino on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @03:04AM
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When I applied for a passport around 20 years ago my local passport office used an old fingerprint reader that often failed to register fingerprints. I was told to try different fingers and when all attempts failed I jokingly offered my toes for scanning. The officials operating the system told me that won't be necessary, because "the system has provision for people without hands"... needless to say my hands are still attached to my body.