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frankc on Oct 22, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to lose $172,222 a second for 45 minutes

Actually, I would characterize this as the removal of dead code that brought down the system, which is basically the opposite.

sitkack on Oct 22, 2013 [–]

Dead code (latent functionality) in both systems was reactivated without proper testing or knowledge and both systems failed as result. We need to be very weary of latent functionality.

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