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Xxplosive··on What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp?
Due to DNS being busted, all internal FB services/tooling that they'd use to push DNS config updates are probably completely inaccessible. Someone at FB will have to manually SSH into a production host (assuming they can even identify the right one), and issue some commands to repopulate the DNS records. They'll probably have to do this without any access to internal wikis, documentation, or code.

Keeping those poor network engineers in our thoughts.

Xxplosive··on Robinhood, in Need of Cash, Raises $1B from Its Investors
I wonder if Robinhood is preparing for the possibility that its margin book gets blown up when GME inevitably crashes. Crashing price creates cascading margin calls and they can't liquidate their customers' positions fast enough and end up having to cover their losses, rendering them insolvent.

Sequoia, thinking that the fundamentals of the company are still solid long term and that they can wash their hands of this in an IPO in the near future, extends them a lifeline at absolutely brutal terms.

Xxplosive··on Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O.
Are you implying he's being strong armed into selling some of his shares?
Xxplosive··on What Makes Work Meaningful or Meaningless
Thanks! May I ask how you got this link?