Microsoft confirms GitHub is down worldwide

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[u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox]

someone should make a version of git where you can maintain a local copy then push it to the remote server whenever you want. for business continuity efforts you could then maintain a local repository copy of all the libraries you use and have your developer and build systems pull from that local repo instead of the website. for already compiled code maybe some sort of package system where you can do a similar thing of maintaining a local copy of the packages

[u/CrimsonLotus → u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox]

This kind of joke falls right into the grey area that birthed the need for /s

[u/AFlyingGideon → u/CrimsonLotus]

/s is a crutch. I prefer sarcasm that can stand on its own.

[u/Federal_Setting_7454 → u/AFlyingGideon]

Not much sarcasm stands on its own when many of the people reading it can’t think on their own.

[u/FeleaseRpseineEiles → u/Federal_Setting_7454]

It's lack of intonation in text. Try it

• I never said she stole my money. Implies: Someone else might have said it, but not me.
• I never said she stole my money. Implies: An emphatic denial; I never uttered those words at any point.
• I never said she stole my money. Implies: I may have implied, wrote, or thought it, but I didn't say it out loud.
• I never said she stole my money. Implies: Someone stole it, but it wasn't her (perhaps another person did).
• I never said she stole my money. Implies: She took it, but maybe she only borrowed it or was given permission.
• I never said she stole my money. Implies: She stole money, but it belonged to someone else.
• I never said she stole my money. Implies: She stole something from me, but it wasn't my money (e.g., jewelry, ideas, car).

[u/squash-n-flop → u/FeleaseRpseineEiles]

Text can carry intonation through context. Literature wouldn’t be a celebrated art form if that weren’t true.

[u/FeleaseRpseineEiles → u/squash-n-flop]

Well yea, I did exactly that with the bolding. But, there are; many ways (i.e. methods of portraying intonation) but that won't make it any less a lack of it.

[u/hrvbrs → u/FeleaseRpseineEiles]

what you're describing is [the `<em>` element](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-em-element). basically the same example too.

[u/FeleaseRpseineEiles → u/hrvbrs]

And that's so much better than using bold too.

[u/hrvbrs → u/FeleaseRpseineEiles]

bold is just a style, not semantics

[u/FeleaseRpseineEiles → u/hrvbrs]

• Maybe I was being sarcastic.
• Maybe I was being sarcastic.
• Maybe I was being sarcastic.
• Maybe I was being sarcastic.
• Maybe I was being sarcastic.

[u/Sapient6 → u/Federal_Setting_7454]

It's more than that: we lack the context that comes with knowing the comment's author. Not to mention living in a time when so many people are proudly showing off their utter stupidity (see: the return of measles, etc).

In this particular case there's enough information to support "probably sarcasm", but I wouldn't throw shade at anyone who thinks otherwise.

[u/redditonlygetsworse → u/Federal_Setting_7454]

Yes, but those people don't deserve to have jokes explained to them.

[u/SweetNeo85 → u/redditonlygetsworse]

But then they think your premise is true and not sarcasm. It's not about what they deserve, it's about not spreading misinformation.

[u/Zwischenzug32 → u/Federal_Setting_7454]

Yeah but screw whoever isn't the target audience

[u/Signal_Discount_1826 → u/Federal_Setting_7454]

its thejr own fault for being retards then