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A comment on Ask HN: Why are OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down? Coincidence?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Why are OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously d... by toomuchtodo on Thursday September 03, 2026 @11:34AM (#49551734)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_effect

Edit: Updated per valleyer's suggestion.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously d... by valleyer on Thursday September 03, 2026 @11:39AM (#49551821)
"Domino effect" would probably be the more relevant named phenomenon there.
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Re:Ask HN: Why are OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously d... by throwaway894345 on Thursday September 03, 2026 @11:40AM (#49551839)
This isn’t a thundering herd problem, it’s a cascading failure. (Thundering herd is about a bunch of workers waking up simultaneously)
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