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ColinWright
How dumb is GitHub! Not even running on a non-obvious port as the most elementary security measure.

Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb ...

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callesgg
That is cause port 22 is ssh used to push git stuff.

So not dumb at all. If something is dumb, it is the article.

RiderOfGiraffes
You do realise this is satire, right?
Zikes
You do realize his comment is a continuation of that same satire, right?
ColinWright
You do realise that RoG's comment was also a continuation of that satire, right?
Zikes
You do realize that I realized that RoG's comment was a continuation of that satire, right?
ColinWright
You do realise that we all realise that these comments are a continuation of the satire, yes?

Er, with the possible exception of callesgg ...

Zikes
Or perhaps theirs is the most satirical of all...
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Zikes
This article is mistaken. The fire icon next to the header of Trending Repos on their Explore page [1] clearly shows that those repos are "hot".

[1] https://github.com/explore

chomp
Had me until:

"My code could be running on anyone's computer right now, anywhere in the world," said open source developer Andrew Benton. "Frankly, that is terrifying."

coldcode
Is this a joke or a real problem?
dragonwriter
Its amazing how often on HN people are interested enough to ask questions about an article, but not interested enough to actually click on the link and read it.
ozh
Has someone clicked on "Publish" 2 weeks too late for April's fool?
Pinwheeler
I think the satire value is somewhat diminished by the fact that private repos are possible. If github only hosted open-source projects, then it would be funnier
outcoldman
Ok, I get it, this is a Satire. But it is not very good made Satire, because it leads to the point that source code in private repositories also can be stolen, which kind of threatens the reputation of GitHub organization. Hope that GitHub will contact this joker and explain how to make good satires.
quadrangle
This article is totally confusing. Source is missing? So there's no local fork? Work is disappeared? Or someone just downloaded it and has a copy? How does missing have anything to do with the "someone else in the world is running my code" comment?? Copying would allow others to run the code without it going missing…

EDIT: This is satire? It was poorly done.

ColinWright
The words you want are "dumb" and "not that funny". At least, according to the last paragraph in the article.
fbomb
14 days too late.