Why “accidental” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
It's getting harder to believe this is accidental when it's 3 leftist situations in a row in such a short time.
by zug_zug · Oct 31, 2026
Strange how you complain about this for circular flows when of course the GOAT of circular flows is the money system itself govt prints money (FED) -> government -> banks -> (ec…
by spwa4 · Oct 31, 2026
> It has a penchant for maintaining API/etc contracts to a fault in the absence of instructions to the contrary. AI has no magic powers to figure out what the “API/etc…
by amluto · Oct 31, 2026
Obviously train safety systems should be formally verified and eliminate human error (only permit safe leeway to humans). But apart from the safety mechanisms, there is also the…
by DoctorOetker · Oct 31, 2026
Wire payments are definitely reversible, but you might need to involve the courts, and international wires are more complex [0]. Most notably, 900 million in accidental payments…
by Shank · Oct 30, 2026
I think this one is really localized. Some places do have really well built out platforms where logging, instrumentation, databases, deployment methodologies, IaC, etc have well…
by oasisbob · Oct 30, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "accidental" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "accidental" over time.