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Thu, Aug. 11th, 2016 09:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annarti
Holy shit I just completed the Census. It worked with no errors I'm amazed.
Just in case this didn't make world news, we had the Census on Tuesday night, which was for the first time online. Theoretically, 24 million Australians all using the one government website all at once. It broke. Nobody was surprised, but omfg the shit coming out of the Australian Bureau of Stats is hilarious. It was hacked! No wait that sounds worse considering all the personal info the Census has. It wasn't hacked! It was attacked! DDoS attack! No it wasn't say IT guys all over the country, it just LOOKED like it because 24 million Australians were trying to use the thing at the same time. Which. I mean. Websites like Facebook and NY Times must get that sort of traffic every day. Basically, it broke and nobody was surprised except the government people who were going 'naaaaaah it'll be fiiiiine.'
It's only 9pm. Maybe I'll accomplish another admin thing tonight. Do my taxes maybe.
Just in case this didn't make world news, we had the Census on Tuesday night, which was for the first time online. Theoretically, 24 million Australians all using the one government website all at once. It broke. Nobody was surprised, but omfg the shit coming out of the Australian Bureau of Stats is hilarious. It was hacked! No wait that sounds worse considering all the personal info the Census has. It wasn't hacked! It was attacked! DDoS attack! No it wasn't say IT guys all over the country, it just LOOKED like it because 24 million Australians were trying to use the thing at the same time. Which. I mean. Websites like Facebook and NY Times must get that sort of traffic every day. Basically, it broke and nobody was surprised except the government people who were going 'naaaaaah it'll be fiiiiine.'
It's only 9pm. Maybe I'll accomplish another admin thing tonight. Do my taxes maybe.