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Re:Fixing Horizon bugs would have been too costly, Post Offi... by joefife on Thursday January 18, 2024 @09:33AM (#39042107)
Yup - and this is where we're at with car safety too. Car marque CEOs are free to say "Yeah, it'll cost hundreds of millions to fix, it's cheaper to pay out per death for a rare event".

We're all worn down by this and, in essence, we operate on blood money.

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Re:Fixing Horizon bugs would have been too costly, Post Offi... by anotherhue on Thursday January 18, 2024 @10:04AM (#39042530)
A*B < C
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