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Re:Understanding Disk Usage in Linux by lbotos on Thursday September 26, 2019 @05:12PM (#21085602)
Not sure, but I always thought "hug of death" came from reddit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect

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Re:Understanding Disk Usage in Linux by hwj on Monday October 07, 2019 @07:46AM (#21179679)
Previously, that was called "slashdotting".

(Knowing such things makes me feel kind of old).

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Re:Understanding Disk Usage in Linux by minitoar on Friday September 27, 2019 @12:04AM (#21088307)
Ah yes that is surely it.
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