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Comment · 13 years ago
How certain are you guys that it wasn't the sheer levels of traffic due to the ongoing Boston situation?
Comment · 13 years ago
>But, if this breach is true, I hope they handle it well.

That is unfortunately the problem though. If this is true, they have already handled it terribly as it has already been 2 weeks since the attack.

Comment · 13 years ago
Comment · 13 years ago
Anyone got any background on the backend tech involved?
Comment · 13 years ago
Charlie Brooker's latest 'Black Mirror' episode touches on a similar subject in a dramatised fashion and it's quite an interesting/thoughtful watch. UK users can catch it on 4OD, it's called 'Be Right Back'.
Comment · 13 years ago
>In general, game developers make less than your average software developer.

Interesting. Can I ask where you read that or how you came to that conclusion?

Comment · 14 years ago
Because we're a bunch of programmers that like creating our own solutions to things; it's rewarding in more ways than saving time and money.
Comment · 14 years ago
Indeed, and what are you going to do with the name going forward given that 'git' means something completely different to the non-technical minded?
Comment · 14 years ago
If there's one feature a todo list shouldn't have, it's the ability for others to add things to it. That already exists and it's called email.
Comment · 14 years ago
10 Python one-liners to piss off your colleagues by ignoring the Zen.

Seriously though, some of these are ridiculously unreadable so think twice before using any for anything more than theory.

Comment · 14 years ago
Yes, but the site working provides absolutely no reason to actively block it. Display an 'upgrade your browser' message fine, but actively block a certain browser based on user agent string? Ridiculous.
Comment · 14 years ago
That, dear sir, would be a joke.
Comment · 14 years ago
Comment · 15 years ago
It's not misleading; it says 'shutters' not 'shut'. As in how you'd close a shop overnight by pulling the shutters down..

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