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Re:GitHub Sunsetting Subversion Support by scrollaway on Friday January 20, 2023 @03:50PM (#34459742)
You sound like the kind of person who thinks saying "it's just a prank bro" makes a variety of awful behaviour ok.

AF is a day with a mix of corpos trying So Hard To Be Cool (remember this shit? https://www.theverge.com/2016/4/1/11344044/google-gmail-mic-...) and plainer-than-usual disinformation campaigns.

The only redeeming thing about that day is I get to have an excuse to not be reachable for a day and can be disconnected for a while. Hopefully my loved ones don't end up in the hospital on bad timing.

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Re:GitHub Sunsetting Subversion Support by admax88qqq on Friday January 20, 2023 @03:55PM (#34459813)
Google used to have some great jokes though. TiSP was great.

https://archive.google.com/tisp/index.html

As with any prank or joke there is a skill and art to telling a good one. But I don't think we should let bad pranks outlaw humour in general.

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Re:GitHub Sunsetting Subversion Support by justusthane on Friday January 20, 2023 @08:12PM (#34462635)
That’s full of subtle gold:

> #6 Insert the TiSP installation CD and run the setup utility to install the Google Toolbar (required) and the rest of the TiSP software, which will automatically configure your computer's network settings.

As well as some less subtle jokes as well :)

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