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Wind stress? Don't be silly. When has wind stress ever been a problem for a suspension bridge?

🔗 xkcd.com/3279 · #3279

Why it resonates: A perfect metaphor for ignoring known failure modes — whether it's the Tacoma Narrows Bridge or that one microservice you promised would "never" be a bottleneck.

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