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vorpalhex • yesterday at 8:39 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Some context for those not exposed to this previously.

Messages usually mean nothing. An uptick in activity means.. nothing. We're on the tail end of a major exercise so upticks in chatter are probably related to that.

Anyone who posts anything along the lines of "but there were 5x more messages or a really big message so N is going to happen!" is a crazy person. Ignore them.

It's neat, but it's not prophetic.


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kjetijor • today at 3:26 AM

I sometimes wonder if they've had their stats people do an appropriate randomized schedule with filler messages. Or.. keep-alive's, for some Dr. Strangelove fun.

jasonjayr • yesterday at 9:41 PM

Riiiiiight. That sounds like something spooks would say to throw you off the trail...... :-) /s

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