If you’ve listened to this show, you know that talking is hard (at least for us); but it seems that typing is even harder. Surely everyone who spends time at a keyboard has made mistakes, but some of those fat-fingered mistakes have had extremely expensive consequences. In this episode, we look at a handful of fat-fingered mistakes that had a collective impact of nearly a billion dollars.
Even with today’s rate of inflation that’s still a metric ton of money!
But before we go on the wild roller coaster ride of typos, we thought it would be worth chatting about the FAA widening their probe into Boeing, the effects of the new EU antitrust law on Google products, dead Teslas circling in on chargers in this week’s frozen weather, and Elon’s latest threat. As always, it’s a wild ride, folks!
FAA widens Boeing probe and eyes subcontractor used by the aerospace giant
Google Search, Chrome, and Android are all changing thanks to EU antitrust law
Dead Cars Surround Chargers as Teslas Struggle in Frozen Weather
Elon Threatens to 'Build Products Outside of Tesla' Unless He Gets More Control of the Company
The Typo Heard 'Round Tokyo - The Washington Post
'Fat finger' trade costs Tokyo shares boss his job | The Independent
Samsung Securities fiasco exposes stock trading loophole
True Tales of Survival: The $500 million dollar typo
U.S. Postal Service payroll glitch skips pay for 2,200 letter carriers | MPR News
USPS: 2,200 rural carriers won’t get regular paychecks on time because of timekeeping errors
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