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ericmay ◴[] No.27302804[source]
Does Klarna still do the IQ test as part of their hiring process?
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artemonster ◴[] No.27303056[source]
tangential thought, but related: I am, in general, a proponent of nuclear energy as a green alternative to whatever the hell we are doing today. But when I see such stories that humans manage to fuck up simple payment processing apps, still make errors while maintaining bridges, still manage to do hugely negligent screw-ups (most likely corrupt) in *cable cars maintenance*, I immediately think that it is imminent, that something will go wrong with such complex thing as a nuclear reactor and the price there is much bigger.
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1. swiley ◴[] No.27303834[source]
There are also plenty of services with really incredible uptime. You just don't hear about them because they're deep in whatever stack you're using and haven't broken publicly in decades.

It's all about good engineering practice and architecture.