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> Imagine how frustrated you’d be if every now and then, an application simply refused to add items to your cart, navigate to a certain page, or charge your cre
by PhasmaFelis 4y ago
> Imagine how frustrated you’d be if every now and then, an application simply refused to add items to your cart, navigate to a certain page, or charge your credit card. The truth is, these minor refusals happen surprisingly often, but users never know because of systems dedicated to intercepting those errors and running the erroneous code again.
I want to live in the world this guy is from.
- rightbyte 4y agoI've always assumed it was the internet connection or magnetic strip or chip on the credit card that was dirty when terminals failed but were happy on a retry. Maybe it was bugs all along?