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Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me

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597 points classichasclass | 8 comments | 25 Aug 25 04:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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Etheryte ◴[25 Aug 25 05:39 UTC] No.45010574[source]▶
One starts to wonder, at what point might it be actually feasible to do it the other way around, by whitelisting IP ranges. I could see this happening as a community effort, similar to adblocker list curation etc.
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plaguna[dead post] ◴[25 Aug 25 05:45 UTC] No.45010603[source]▶
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1. dokyun ◴[25 Aug 25 05:50 UTC] No.45010622[source]▶
Who cares?
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2. plaguna ◴[25 Aug 25 05:51 UTC] No.45010629[source]▶
Same people who care about “master” and “main” for hit branches.
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3. ta8645 ◴[25 Aug 25 06:07 UTC] No.45010729[source]▶
Let's ignore those people too. A master branch is just fine, and should offend nobody who has a real life to live.
4. ◴[25 Aug 25 06:10 UTC] No.45010749[source]▶
5. McDyver ◴[25 Aug 25 06:21 UTC] No.45010799[source]▶
Would those people care about the word "hit"?
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6. aspenmayer ◴[25 Aug 25 09:17 UTC] No.45011877{3}[source]▶
I think it’s a typo, as I think the context is “git branches” unless you think that “hit branches” makes sense in context. I don’t think it does.
7. throwaway290 ◴[25 Aug 25 10:16 UTC] No.45012276[source]▶
Master branch comes from Latin for expert, authority. master record also comes from that meaning.

Blacklist and whitelist come from black=bad and white=good which if you are black or have empathy is a red flag

8. vultour ◴[25 Aug 25 19:48 UTC] No.45018158[source]▶
Sometimes I wonder how many lifetimes have been wasted by people all around the world fixing CI because a script expected a branch called master. All for absolutely pointless political correctness theatre.