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bobnamob on Nov 29, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Engineers do not get to make startup mistakes when...

For a glimpse at the _real_, human consequences of this kind of slipshod mentality toward money shuffling software see the Post Office scandal[1].

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal

Anything that moves money should be treated with upmost seriousness and be aware of as many historical mistakes as possible.

throw0101a on Nov 29, 2024 [–]

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal

The four-part miniseries with Toby Jones (mentioned above in §Media:Dramatisation) was really good and goes over things pretty well:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Bates_vs_The_Post_Office

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