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throw5today at 12:31 AM1 replyview on HN

Yes, exactly. People often overlook that, even with guardrails, it is still probabilities all the way down.

You can reduce the risk, but not drive it to zero, and at scale even very small failure rates will surface.


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simianwordstoday at 12:34 AM

I'm not sure what the argument is here.

1. if the problem the post is suggesting is common enough, it is a bug and the extent needs to reduce (as you said)

2. if it is not common and it happens only for this user, it is not a bug and should be mostly ignored

Point is: the system is not something that is inherently a certain way that makes it unusable.

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