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The $500M Dollar Typo
It's amazing how a series of small but unfortunate events can quickly add up to one very expensive problem. Like the time one person fat-fingered the wrong year on a mainframe JCL job, Ronald Reagan died, and the US postal service lost $500 million.
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Jan 14, 2024 | The $500M Dollar Typo by makaimc | 114 | 30 |
