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Sorry for a stupid joke, but I misread 'lava' as Java and immediately thought of all those Hadoop clusters big enterprises put into cold countries to save on co
by lomereiter 10y ago
Sorry for a stupid joke, but I misread 'lava' as Java and immediately thought of all those Hadoop clusters big enterprises put into cold countries to save on cooling costs.
- gazarullz 10y agoahahhahahaha you made my day
- gazarullz 10y agoOh I am sorry for finding the joke funny oh oh and now being downvoted oh oh oh cause of course freedom of speech is a luxury in the HN world. You guys remember me why I've quit contributing to stackoverflow.
- tomohawk 10y agoMy first thought was Muppets in iceland?
- Nullabillity 10y agoWell, IIRC that was one of the reasons for Facebook building a datacenter in Luleå. If you're building a DC in the area anyway then you might as well build it in the colder area.
- ajankovic 10y agoHacker News, a place where you have to say sorry before delivering a joke.
- lmm 10y agoIn the good old days you just wouldn't make the joke. Or you'd get downvoted into oblivion even if you apologised. It was a much better site back then.
- quantumhobbit 10y agoA creative original joke should be upvoted. Save the downvotes for mindless memes from Reddit.
- jameskegel 10y agoI sometimes wonder if we've already become Reddit, or at least are moving to that direction. The remarks and comments sometimes just aren't appreciated; if only there were more strict moderation.
- lmm 10y agoWe have. We became reddit about two years ago, just after dang took over. I blame the rule against complaining that HN is turning into reddit, but also dang's niceness initiatives, the interventionist moderation (particularly "detaching" negative posts from threads) and the way your own posts don't grey out any more when downvoted.
- mikestew 10y agoWhen your joke is the intellectual equivalent of "I had the weirdest dream last night...", I think an apology is in order.