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Re:Hackers hit French national blood bank by pbalau on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @12:21PM (#50368665)
The main reason to remove control from the "boots on the ground" is to prevent errors. Not cost cutting.
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Re:Hackers hit French national blood bank by ocschwar on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @10:52PM (#50374955)
Also cost cutting.

HQ gets a time-based discount for electricity? Time for all the freezers to go into a deeper freeze. HQ gets a message from the Demand Response program asking for a curtailment? Time for the freezers to let the goods come closer to their safe higher temperatures.

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