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Re:The Death of the Line of Death by the_gipsy on Friday December 23, 2022 @06:14PM (#34111743)
The name "line of death" is a bit dramatic.
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Re:The Death of the Line of Death by hguant on Friday December 23, 2022 @06:27PM (#34111881)
It's part of the standard nomenclature, and has its origins in mountaineering - there's a point climbing a mountain where the altitude is thin enough that there's not enough atmospheric oxygen to sustain human life. The idea of an environment at the heights of a webpage that's inimical to "untrusted" life is a good analogy, in my opinion.

And it has the benefit of being dramatic and attention grabby!

*Edited for grammar and clarity

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Re:The Death of the Line of Death by loeg on Friday December 23, 2022 @08:44PM (#34112957)
Not just mountaineering, I think. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/03/21/u...
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Re:The Death of the Line of Death by nullish_signal on Friday December 23, 2022 @06:56PM (#34112148)
Reading "standard nomenclature" in the other comment made me think this was going to be about the Immortal HeLa Cell Line, and I thought "Odd, that wasn't 'Death', right?"

Then he mentions mountaineering, and I think Mt Everest, thinking "Thank God they removed some bodies"

And then I see it's webdev. AGREED. "Line of Trust" instead, please

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Re:The Death of the Line of Death by bobsmooth on Saturday December 24, 2022 @04:22AM (#34115300)
I was very disappointed reading the first sentence.
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