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		scott_w on Nov 22, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Twitter didn’t go down: From a real Twitter SR... Then go consult for the FAA and tell them those safety systems are just bloat for aeroplanes.

concordDance on Nov 22, 2022 [–]

I'm not saying they're bloat. They're a tradeoff between cost (man hours of work) and lives. They've increased the cost of small planes tenfold but have saved tens of thousands of lives.

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