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Re:Is this how news.ycombinator.com runs? (Ctrl+F for "Closu... by ced on Saturday April 28, 2007 @09:37AM (#17685)
If they expire sessions in order to avoid losing memory over users leaving without ever calling the closure, their timer seems short for what it gains.

The link name "fnid=" is a pretty strong giveaway as to what is underneath.

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Re:Is this how news.ycombinator.com runs? (Ctrl+F for "Closu... by ralph on Saturday April 28, 2007 @10:11AM (#17693)
Yes, I find it too short and the end result is annoying but passable for the audience here. Non-technical users wouldn't be so understanding I suspect.

How are hash keys deleted? Age? Or are just the last N generated ones kept?

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