Ars TechnicaCoding error blamed after parts of Constitution disappear from US website
US restores deleted portions after people noticed the Constitution had shrunk.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/coding-error-blamed-after-parts-of-constitution-disappear-from-us-website/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Hal Pomeranz@arstechnica@mastodon.social @briankrebs@infosec.exchange Show me the code commit responsible for this selective deletion along with all associated metadata. Such a transparent, laughable excuse.
Brett@arstechnica@mastodon.social
Coding error?
How is this not literally just copy/pasted?
Wayne is Easily Distracted@arstechnica@mastodon.social
"Move fast and break things"
Dave "Wear A Goddamn Mask" Cochran :donor:@arstechnica@mastodon.social that's also why my restricted diet isn't working anymore - it's just a coding error. not because i started monching on other stuff.
New Year, New Blue@arstechnica@mastodon.social mmmm hmmmm
Thomas Traynor@arstechnica@mastodon.social bullshit. They get caught, and if no one objected, then what else would have been removed.
JustBob@arstechnica@mastodon.social
Code error my ass, they were hoping no one noticed.
@arstechnica@mastodon.social Code error in your favor collect two hundred political prisoners 😅
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reallyJim@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizza @arstechnica@mastodon.social This. It's a test run.
noplasticshower@APBBlue@thepit.social @arstechnica@mastodon.social this particular simulation is fucked