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inigyouyesterday at 10:26 PM1 replyview on HN

They could go to the server room and check if there's smoke pouring out of it before dialing 911.


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TeMPOraLtoday at 7:14 AM

It takes 20 minutes to reach it and by that time everyone there is dead.

Also consider that in context of this discussion, anything short of ignoring the message and maybe clicking "report scam" is "executing instructions embedded in data". The point isn't to litigate any particular scenario, it's to show that you cannot separate "instructions" from "data" in general purpose systems, and it's not a bug but a fundamental feature.