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I had a few of these this year, e.g. thinking I have local connectivity issues when it turned out the entire backbone is in a bad shape[0].

Or that time when 80% of the apps on my iPhone crashed on launch[1] — must be an issue with the device, right?

[0] Level 3 Global Outage - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24322861

[1] Facebook iOS SDK Remotely Crashing Spotify, TikTok, Pinterest, Winno and More - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23097459



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