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Tell HN: Sorry I broke the server
81 points by dang 3 hours ago | 35 comments
Experimenting with some code this evening and got so into it, I didn't notice that I broke story submission for two hours. Argh!

Sorry everyone.

Edit: While you're here... you can now view the comments you've upvoted by clicking on "saved comments" in your profile. It works like "saved stories". Thanks to porker for the suggestion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9050374.






Where there's people working there are bound to be mistakes. Don't sweat it, this is a free service after all and the service level for a non-advertising supported free service is absolutely incredible. I'd be more than happy to pay for HN as it is, you guys are doing a better job than most paid services when it comes to customer support, uptime and courtesy combined.

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Hacker News is most definitely supported by ads. Perhaps you just don't realize it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs

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Seriously. I use HN as my "am I connected to the internet?" check, as it always loads instantly even when Google takes a while.

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I personally use : http://perdu.com (up since 1998) Which translate into:

Lost on the Internet? Don't worry, we will help * <----- you are here

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What fast IP do you use when you suspect you're connected to the internet but can't resolve DNS? I'm looking for a good non-Google IP (because China)

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Level3's DNS is easy to remember at 4.2.2.1. Or is that Verizon's?

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You should only use 4.2.2.1 or 4.2.2.2 if you're an actual Level3 customer. While they do respond to public requests, they're not intended for public use, unlike Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 servers.

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Or google's at 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 ?

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I'd love to see their stats. They have basically 0 content and I hit them 10 times a day.

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Hah, glad it's not just me. It's also the thing I hit if I'm trying to think of what I was doing/am idle for a moment... typing 'news.' just seems to flow from my fingers if they're unoccupied.

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I have this habit too and it's deeply disturbing. Actively fighting it!

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Yep, same for me. I'll be staring at the screen in thought, then up pops a Hacker News tab.

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Ctrl-T, N, Enter :/

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it's perhaps worth remembering the service isn't 100% altruistic... though I agree it is indeed awesome and I'd probably be happy to pay for it too.

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Saved comments throws an error trying to view page 2 of saved comments.

(change the below to your own ID ofc.)

https://news.ycombinator.com/saved?id=eterm&comments=yes&p=2

Actually, it looks like page 2 of saved stories also breaks? Is it just finding something not cached and the site is currently broken for non-cached content?

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Thanks! We were trying to track down an error message we were seeing, and you found it.

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That's ok - you did it while I was asleep :)

I seem to remember that last year there was talk of re-doing the markup for HN so that it would be more mobile-friendly. What came of that idea?

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We've been working on it lately and don't expect it to take too much longer, so stay tuned.

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Great, thanks!

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When is the responsive style sheet coming :)?

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Oh lord, I hope it will not force some annoyingly huge text on us. I am perfectly happy with the site as it is, works well with text-reflow.

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And I missed it in code review and testing. Sorry!

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And now I'm doubling down. HN is once again running an entirely new HTTP pipeline.

Please let us know if you run into any issues, especially related to cookies and logging in/out.

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"Saved Comments" is valuable and long wished-for, thanks for adding the feature!

Will it be possible to extract these as JSON, e.g. via the API?

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Ah, you clearly need a proper review process!

Just joking - thanks for the work you guys put in, this is definitely one of the most interesting place on the web :)

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Nice to see test-driven development at the height of its powers. :-)

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I love how ironic your account name is in this context :)

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Yup. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7494093

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I noticed saved stories but why are comments showing up twice on the account page.

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It's the comments you've upvoted, as opposed to those you've posted. I just changed the label to make that clearer.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9050374

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It'll be interesting to see whether this has an effect on the nature of upvoting. If saved comments were slightly more structured, rather than just one big list, I could imagine them comprising some sort of 'personal knowledgebase'. In turn, that might decrease the amount of 'I agree with that' opinion upvoting, in favour of 'that's useful information'. Whether that's to be encouraged is, of course, a personal opinion.

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Interesting point. HN mostly is a collection of lists. You might almost call it a list processor.

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Easily done! :)

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