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		iwr on Nov 10, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Netflix wins a longbet from 8 years ago. For a foundation thinking ultra longterm, they have a flaky server. "Service Temporarily Unavailable The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later. Apache/2.2.11 (Ubuntu) Server at www.longbets.org Port 80"

bgutierrez on Nov 10, 2010 | [–]

Thinking long term isn't the same as scaling a site up for occasional increased traffic. The vast majority of the time, the traffic is extremely light on this site and the server (and its network) is more than adequate.

brudgers on Nov 10, 2010 | [–]

Flakey server > deny links from HN

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