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Re:GitHub was down on Monday July 13, 2020 @04:21AM (#23818433)
That GitLab downtime happened when we had deadlines, luckily git isn't a centralised platform so we merged our changes on a new GitHub repo we created.

Also the GitLab sluggishness reminds me of their daemon which kills the server to control memory leaks[1], although this probably isn't the main cause of the platform's slowness.

[1]: https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2015/06/05/how-gitlab-uses-uni...

Re:Installing FreeNAS on my QNAP TS-459 on Monday June 15, 2020 @04:28PM (#23532570)
Thank you for the advice. Will keep it mind when setting it up with the new drives!
Similar happens with the name "Eric Ciaramella", which YouTube instantly deletes. This is a name of a CIA whistle blower. It would be interesting to know what other words are in the YouTube censor list.
Re:Ask HN: Static Code Analysis Tools on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @11:59AM (#22424816)
You might want to check this out: https://github.com/mre/awesome-static-analysis
Yes, but there are some things (like privacy.resistFingerprinting.letterboxing) which are hidden preferences you won't find in about:config.
I am using ghacks user.js[1], which makes fingerprinting harder and improves my privacy online. Removing user.js would mean less privacy for me.

[1]: https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js