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Re:Apple users are being locked out of their Apple IDs with ... by lr1970 on Saturday April 27, 2024 @07:07AM (#40179049)
Any change to the status page requires at least VP sign-off. They declare outage or a problem only when hiding it any longer becomes impossible.
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Re:Apple users are being locked out of their Apple IDs with ... by adolph on Saturday April 27, 2024 @07:21AM (#40179110)
Do you think systems reliable themselves? It takes real leadership to drive organizations to five nines.
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Re:Apple users are being locked out of their Apple IDs with ... by p_l on Saturday April 27, 2024 @06:05PM (#40184023)
You meant nine fives, I guess?
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Re:Apple users are being locked out of their Apple IDs with ... by adolph on Sunday April 28, 2024 @11:14AM (#40189208)
No, it was intended as an allegory of Goodhart’s law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

Goodhart's law is an adage often stated as, "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure".

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