So, I added an ad veto system - bleh if you hate it, ding if you think it's really of interest.
Posted by
Beryllium (aka grayman)
Jun 5 '10, 09:47
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Currently, it's causing about a 5 to 10 second slowdown on the site every 20 minutes. I'm looking into how to fix this - you can see at the bottom of your screen the Amazon Ad Time Taken, versus the Total Time Taken for the site to generate output.
The 20-minute-cycle is supposed to only happen for one user (the first one who hits refresh after the cache expires), but there's an issue with caching where it can happen a few times simultaneously (i.e., the longer it takes to execute, the greater the chance that someone might load the page and accidentally kick off a second identical query). So on busy days (which today is not shaping up to be, despite the tiny text), that might cause some load issues and general slowdowns for the whole site.
I'm gonna work on a fix for that.
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Very nice, but will this affect what ads we see? I'm foggy on what the purpose is. -- nm
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con_carne
Jun 5, 10:14
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"They like Itchy, they like Scratchy, one STer seems to love the Speedo man... what more do they want?" -- nm
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Beaker
Jun 5, 10:07
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heh, funny: With adblock in firefox, it blocks the amazon ads, but leaves a grid of "bleh ding / bleh ding" ... -- nm
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Beryllium
Jun 5, 10:00
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That is very cool. (nm)
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musubi
Jun 5, 09:58
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Nice add Bery! -- nm
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Krusty
Jun 5, 09:49
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daddy likes. -- nm
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TFox
Jun 5, 09:48
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