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Re: Ask HN: Does Collapsing an HN Thread in a Popular story spike your CPU use?

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This reminds me that one time on one Czech Linux portal when someone posted blog about crocodile infested river, there were several characters and you were supposed to decide who is more or less moral and judge their behavior in the story. The whole thread became so massive that it brought portal down and even today when you open it it loads half a minute.

link please? I want to see this

http://www.abclinuxu.cz/blog/xkucf03/2009/11/krokodyli-reka

Re: Ask HN: Does Collapsing an HN Thread in a Popular story spike your CPU use?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

link please? I want to see this

http://www.abclinuxu.cz/blog/xkucf03/2009/11/krokodyli-reka

Computers have gotten much faster since 2009, but I wanted to experience the original pain, so I made Firefox translate it offline. It huffed and puffed for a few minutes on my weak corporate VD, and it was strangely satisfying.

Re: Ask HN: Does Collapsing an HN Thread in a Popular story spike your CPU use?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://www.abclinuxu.cz/blog/xkucf03/2009/11/krokodyli-reka

Computers have gotten much faster since 2009, but I wanted to experience the original pain, so I made Firefox translate it offline. It huffed and puffed for a few minutes on my weak corporate VD, and it was strangely satisfying.

I still use an older firefox - the thread loaded in less than 10 seconds - I'd say 7 or 8. Maybe they've sorted loading issues, or changed their JS and APIs source / sets. I have an older computer that would have been newish in 2009, so IMHO nothing to do with old computers.
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