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Re:A Roblox cheat and one AI tool brought down Vercel's plat... by notpachet on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @02:18AM (#47845230)
> Convenience is our Achilles heel

More generically, our species' Achilles heel is our inability to factor in the long-term cost of negative externalities when evaluating processes that yield short-term positive results.

Re:A Roblox cheat and one AI tool brought down Vercel's plat... by kauli on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @04:32AM (#47846151)
This. From simple personal choices to the marker economy and politics. With games we're introduced to cheat codes pretty early in our lives. Some people outgrow them, some don't. Too bad our systems encourage their use, whether it's a time-to-market thing, cutting costs, or the next election.