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Re:Better HTTP/1 connection reuse in Go 1.27 on Friday October 16, 2026 @05:19AM (#50116075)
I have clients who have mountains of custom made equipment which only speaks plain HTTP/1.0. Some of it has already been in production for over twenty years and is still doing the job.

While those devices stay static development and updates on the software that interfaces them to the rest of the world has not stopped.

Re:Never hose out a Honda Element on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @08:04AM (#31013655)
Here in Finland the classic way was to wait for winter, slip a wet the rag rug under the carpet and let it freeze and then just sell the car ASAP.