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[–] 37 points 1 month ago (5 children)

The whole point of status pages is to minimize and deflate the impact. The pleasantly-high percentages even during absolute catastrophes is an intentional design feature. The percentages are not going anywhere. The percentages will continue until reliability improves. Which it won't.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    a "large" number like 99.999% looks impressive, and 99.9999% is more impressive

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Anyone who is actually responsible for the uptime of anything understands the difference between 3 nines and 4 nines and how significant it is to gain or lose a nine.

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