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Yes, I wrote a very expensive bug. In my defense I was only seven years old at the time (www.theregister.com)

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 29 points 4 days ago (10 children)

Oh there are some details left out that I desperately need to have clarified.

Wouldn't the cost have been the same (perhaps more) if the exact same calls were being made during the day?
What exactly was the bug, and how would it have been resolved?
Did she get "fired"?

[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

While not the same as phone bills, still today electricity changes in cost depending on the time of day. Electricity costs less in the middle of the night. It makes sense to have higher cost during peak demand when charging by usage and there is an impractical bandwidth limit.

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