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Netflix Outage observations: database issue, not bandwidth/streaming related
- tjbd3 16y agoJust curious, had you previously watched the movie which you were able to play?
- cstefanovici 16y agoNo i did not. But Netflix is streaming technology anyhow, so it would not make a difference except for buffering time which isn't much.
- pragmatic 16y agoWhen was the site down? I was on the site and we watched many episodes of sponge bob square pants without issue. Just curious if it was down later at night, etc.
- cstefanovici 16y agoaround 9-10pm ET. Check twitter for messages of desperation :-)
- bradleyland 16y agoI was unable to get logged in on my PS3 at around 2011/03/23 9:00 PM EST (last night).
- giltotherescue 16y agoThey use Amazon SimpleDB as their primary database.
- blhack 16y agoI apologize for this being offtopic, feel free to downvote me for it, but are there any other websites like this one? (Follow lists instead of status updates). I've been working on http://thingist.com/ http://thingist.com/ for a few months now (and showing HN along the way) and this website is pretty much a direct copy of it (down to having the name of the site as a dictionary word at the top of the page, which is what it looked like last time I showed anybody here) I'm just asking because I think it's a cool idea (which is why I'm working on it) and am curious to see how other people are approaching it. (I also think it's kindof a shitty move to copy something that closely)
- cstefanovici 16y agoListered is actually my website. And the whole point is that it stores data as objects. You make up with a list consists of by defining the properties of the items in the list and then always enter data in that list according to that blueprint. I never heard of thingist till now but it seems like its lists of text?
- blhack 16y agoThey're pretty much the exact same website, man. A couple of tips, though: you need to make it easier to add things to the lists. I registered an account, and cannot figure out how to add an item, or how to then call that list back up. It also seems to be presenting me with the landing page despite having already registered. It is a nice design, though. Kudos on that :) (The things popping up at me as I was interacting with it was nice)
- cstefanovici 16y agoUnder "Lists" you can create a list and the properties of each item in that list. You then add items according to those properties. Look at the example: http://listered.com/view/cat/Articles/ http://listered.com/view/cat/Articles/
- blhack 16y agoBut where do I go to add a thing to a list? Say I start at the website's root...what do I click on now?
- cstefanovici 16y agoif logged in you click your username in the top bar. Then you have options, like Account, Lists, Add Item, Profile.... So you go to Lists. or follow this link http://listered.com/users/edit.php/ http://listered.com/users/edit.php/