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posted by on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the there-go-most-of-our-nines dept.

As you're probably aware we experienced some unplanned downtime today. It has been claimed it was entirely the fault of Russian Hackers. They invaded fluorine and caused the database updating code in rehash to not update the database this last site update. Which is just as well, I suppose, since two of the SQL statements refuse to complete even when run manually. That I'm going to have to chalk up to a misconfigured ndbd on helium and neon.

tl;dr The long and short of it is, we'll be fine until we can get those updates into the database, but it is going to mean more downtime this weekend.

~TMB

 
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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:19AM (31 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:19AM (#634591)

    We're currently dealing with unexpected but extremely necessary db maintenance.

    Shit yeah, SN went tits up!

    Fuck you fucking fuckers.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:22AM (8 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:22AM (#634594) Homepage Journal

    Nope, that was intentional downtime. Just unplanned.

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    • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:26AM (7 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:26AM (#634600)

      When should we expect the announcement of intentional unplanned shuttering of the site due to insolvency because you stole all the money and flew away.

      • (Score: 4, Touché) by bob_super on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:30AM (2 children)

        by bob_super (1357) on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:30AM (#634604)

        How far can you actually run with $455, these days?

        • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday February 08 2018, @02:07AM (1 child)

          by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday February 08 2018, @02:07AM (#634629) Homepage Journal

          Oh that's not hard unless you get it in nickles or something.

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          • (Score: 5, Funny) by bob_super on Thursday February 08 2018, @02:15AM

            by bob_super (1357) on Thursday February 08 2018, @02:15AM (#634633)

            I was afraid it would be in cryptocoin, which would cause you to have to switch every other mile between the Rolls and the used bicycle.

      • (Score: 2) by captain normal on Thursday February 08 2018, @04:32AM (3 children)

        by captain normal (2205) on Thursday February 08 2018, @04:32AM (#634671)

        What money??

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        • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday February 08 2018, @04:49AM (2 children)

          by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday February 08 2018, @04:49AM (#634677) Homepage Journal

          I know, right? At any given time we could probably bankrupt ourselves by taking the staff out for a night of drinking. Not even a wild night of it. Just take everyone to a bar, drink until closing time, and be broke in the morning.

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          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 08 2018, @07:23AM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 08 2018, @07:23AM (#634767)

            You're not broke, you still got a boat. Us people with real money and a career just don't call your boat liquid assets - because liquid would mix with the water and not float, unless it's oil. As long as you're able to get on a boat to get you and the brick to the middle of the lake, you're fine and a winner. Not quite a Tiger Blood type of winner, but something like Chiwawa blood type of winner.

  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:23AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:23AM (#634598)

    Parent coward makes six figures and trolls SoylentNews 10 minutes a month while snorting cocaine off a man's ass.

    • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday February 08 2018, @03:01AM (2 children)

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday February 08 2018, @03:01AM (#634650) Journal

      Damn!

      I really wish I could get my trolling down to 10 minutes.

      • (Score: 3, Interesting) by DECbot on Thursday February 08 2018, @05:01AM (1 child)

        by DECbot (832) on Thursday February 08 2018, @05:01AM (#634682) Journal

        No kidding. Do you think they shave that man's ass before snorting coke off of it, zig zag around the hair, or just plow straight through it?

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        • (Score: 2) by acid andy on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:25PM

          by acid andy (1683) on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:25PM (#634887) Homepage Journal

          Who knows, but I think you left out some missing options. Maybe they clear a path for themselves by pulling out hair with their teeth (you insensitive clod!)...

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  • (Score: 2) by Mykl on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:44AM (10 children)

    by Mykl (1112) on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:44AM (#634614)

    How sad and lonely your life must be to constantly visit a site you hate just to tell them you hate it.

    Do you also constantly visit restaurants you dislike so that you can tell the waiters that you hate their food?

    • (Score: 2) by edIII on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:53AM (5 children)

      by edIII (791) on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:53AM (#634621)

      Nah, it's mostly about TMB given the subject. I can actually see that TMB could upset somebody like that. It's like Howard Stern. The average fan listens 2.5 hours per day. The average hater listens for 4 hours. Both for the same reason. To see what he will say next.

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      • (Score: 3, Interesting) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday February 08 2018, @02:22AM (4 children)

        by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday February 08 2018, @02:22AM (#634637) Homepage Journal

        It's a gift. What'd really blow their minds is figuring out that every one of them who keeps coming back just means the site has grown by one. It's not like they're ever going to win against me. They can't piss me off no matter how hard they try because I haven't cared about other people's opinions of me for a very long time now.

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        • (Score: 4, Insightful) by requerdanos on Thursday February 08 2018, @02:44AM (3 children)

          by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 08 2018, @02:44AM (#634644) Journal

          I haven't cared about other people's opinions of me for a very long time now.

          When I finally got to that point in my life, it was explosively liberating--suddenly I went from wondering how you are going to like me, to wondering whether I am going to like you (but not really worrying about it all that much). Bang! Gone, an unsuspectingly enormous amount of problems I didn't need.

          I congratulate you on living in the same happy place. I highly recommend it.

          • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 08 2018, @03:52AM (2 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 08 2018, @03:52AM (#634662)

            Dear disingenuous shitstain,

            Getting to that point in your life where you don't care about other people's opinions is not liberating unless you have "fuck-you" money. You're familiar with "fuck-you" money because you and I both know you're swimming in it. Without the money - which you so very conveniently neglected to mention because you're a lying shit pile - life becomes unbearable. And it doesn't ever get better. You have to convince people to like you otherwise people don't give you money, and if you can't give a shit about what people think, well then you're fucked for life.

            Do not try to bullshit me, asshole.

            • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday February 08 2018, @04:05AM (1 child)

              by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday February 08 2018, @04:05AM (#634664) Homepage Journal

              Obvious troll is obvious.

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              • (Score: 3, Funny) by requerdanos on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:34PM

                by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:34PM (#634897) Journal

                Obvious troll is obvious.

                Yeah, with the quality of the trolls lately (dull, unentertaining) I almost fondly remember "External Reproductive Organ Ethnic Group! Our age preference skews downward!"

    • (Score: -1) by fakefuck39 on Thursday February 08 2018, @07:33AM (3 children)

      by fakefuck39 (6620) on Thursday February 08 2018, @07:33AM (#634772)

      people like you are actually why I visit. you're very inadequate in both the looks and the iq department, and you know this in the real world where you lurk in the shadows pretending to be busy on your phone and hoping no one hears you breathing. you're hard to see or notice in the real world. get you behind a keyboard though, and you get loud and hilarious, like a kid with a diaper full of shit and jam on his face yelling that someone farted hilarious.

      no retard, I don't visit restaurants I dislike. I clearly state I love this site. I also love comedy shows with retards on stage, large gatherings of losers at whom I can laugh, and you and people like you. you are my personal clowns, and I appreciate greatly this site and the people on it. I love to, a couple of times a week, laugh at the losers. That does involve posting, and telling the losers they're losers, and getting these confused responses back.

      hey sherlock - where did I tell anyone here I hate them? you know what does happen though? ugly beta loser keyboard warriors assume everyone around them hates them. no one hates you fuggo. we just laugh at you, but that's not out of hate - that's out of you being a goofy thing that we don't look at as a real person. shall I axkplain some more?

      • (Score: 3, Funny) by acid andy on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:55PM (2 children)

        by acid andy (1683) on Thursday February 08 2018, @01:55PM (#634915) Homepage Journal

        Wow. You sound like such a happy and well rounded person. Here's the thing - when you actually have to waste energy telling everyone what a successful, totally definitely alpha, six figure earning idol you are and what a loser they are in comparison, then you just ain't got it. Real success, attractiveness and power are effortless and understated. When you've really got it you don't have to mouth off because they just know. Oh, by the way, your communication skills are second to none. I can see they must serve you well in that high flying career.

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        • (Score: 2) by requerdanos on Thursday February 08 2018, @04:47PM (1 child)

          by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 08 2018, @04:47PM (#635004) Journal

          Real success [is] effortless

          While I acknowledge and support your overall message, I question this bit. I have put in quite a bit of effort, and that seems to be the norm...

          • (Score: 2) by acid andy on Thursday February 08 2018, @05:20PM

            by acid andy (1683) on Thursday February 08 2018, @05:20PM (#635036) Homepage Journal

            Aww shucks; you just had to go and ruin it. Should seem effortless then. For some it is effortless but that's often as much down to luck than ability. Either way, the dude tries too hard. If you've got a great dick, you don't need to blab about it. Word soon gets around.

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  • (Score: 2) by captain normal on Thursday February 08 2018, @04:30AM (4 children)

    by captain normal (2205) on Thursday February 08 2018, @04:30AM (#634670)

    "Fuck you fucking fuckers."....I only know one person who uses that mime. And maybe her brother (an ex-google engineer). So come on cop out.

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    • (Score: 2) by Aiwendil on Thursday February 08 2018, @08:31AM (3 children)

      by Aiwendil (531) on Thursday February 08 2018, @08:31AM (#634783) Journal

      You only know one person who has seen The Boondock Saints and actually started to paraphrase quotes from it?

      (I highly recommend that movie btw)

  • (Score: 1) by Gault.Drakkor on Thursday February 08 2018, @07:50PM (1 child)

    by Gault.Drakkor (1079) on Thursday February 08 2018, @07:50PM (#635156)

    Ok my initial view is currently: 3, 3 threaded-tos.
    Why am I seeing the grandparent / root post that has -1 score?
    e.g. on this topic I see a -1 troll post and its content.

    I would expect with 3, 3 that I only see posts with score 3+ It seems to occur when a low modded post has high modded replies.
    On topics that have all comments 2 and below I only see "Comment Below Threshold"

    • (Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Friday February 09 2018, @12:19AM

      by Osamabobama (5842) on Friday February 09 2018, @12:19AM (#635305)

      Well, two of the SQL statements refuse to complete even when run manually. That might explain it...

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