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You could also say, if I tell you something is an opaque identifier, and you introspect it, it's your problem if your code breaks. I told you not to do that.

Once "you" becomes a big enough "them" it becomes a problem again.

Exactly. When you owe the bank $10M it’s a you problem. When you owe the bank $100B it’s a them problem.

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