5 ms·
For anyone else wondering, I guess Slashdot was an old website like Reddit. Like the "Reddit hug of death" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect https:
by hn92726819 2mo ago
For anyone else wondering, I guess Slashdot was an old website like Reddit. Like the "Reddit hug of death"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect
- ceejayoz 2mo agoThere's no reason to be this mean to us olds.
- budman1 2mo agoSpeak for yourself.
- hn92726819 2mo agoThis is for people unfamiliar. According to the Wikipedia page, it looks like slashdot effect was declining in 2005. 21 year olds today are younger than the decline, so it's safe to say a bunch of people probably haven't heard of it.
- phtrivier 2mo agoIndeed. Especially since HN is probably considered "old and cranky" but the younger generation, who get their dose of language flamewars and JS framework from some other place that I can't know of. (Can you get a decent "common lisp vs scheme" flame on tiktok ?)
- andyhedges 2mo agoOnly if you have a Beowulf cluster of tiktoks
- aprentic 2mo agoLol I see the old /. nerd are still beating on that old joke. It was supposed to be a Beowulf cluster of Furbies, right?
- dmd 2mo agoI was user #404 on slashdot.
- super256 2mo agoI tried looking you up but were unable to find your profile site.
- fragmede 2mo agohttps://m.slashdot.org/profile/404/ https://m.slashdot.org/profile/404/ ?
- 1970-01-01 2mo agoWoosh
- dmd 2mo agohttps://slashdot.org/~dmd https://slashdot.org/~dmd , look at the top right where it shows user number
- 1970-01-01 2mo agowoosh. https://www.404s.design/ https://www.404s.design/
- dmd 2mo agoGiven I spent hours timing my signup perfectly almost 30 years ago so I'd get #404, maybe you're the one being woosh'd.
- 1970-01-01 2mo agoNo, they couldn't find you because you are 404. That's the joke. Wooosh
- zkmon 2mo agoWhat? Slashdot isn't that ancient. It peaked hardly 15 years back.
- Razengan 2mo ago> hardly 15 years In internet terms that's practically the Mesozoic
- awesome_dude 2mo agoscore 5: funny
- JSR_FDED 2mo agoFor anyone else wondering, The Rolling Stones was a popular band.
- fhdkweig 2mo agoStill touring 60 years later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_Rolling_Stones_concert_tours https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_Rolling_Stones_con...
- beardyw 2mo agoThat should read "popular beat combo". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_beat_combo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_beat_combo
- Razengan 2mo agoFor anyone else wondering, Reddit was an old website where you posted prompts and received comments, like a slow version of ChatGPT.
- genghisjahn 2mo agoAnd yes. Reddit had hallucinations too. Often replied with inaccurate statements with utmost confidence and certainty.