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Line 271 is telling why they're hiring!

    /* mayday SOUP */

(edit: the whole code is telling they're hiring. Shit, I would not touch that mess even for pay.)

Hmm this is not new. I have seen a dozen of websites like this. For example, examine wordpress.com you can see that.

FWIW I just viewed source at http://wordpress.com/ and I didn't see anything similar. However I have heard Matt Mullenweg mention that they hide messages for people reading through the wordpress source code.

I will give you a little time before I spoil the fun. To see this header you cannot be a Google search bot.

It reads something like this:

"If you're reading this, you should visit automattic.com/jobs and apply to join the fun, mention this header"

I got this when I was sniffing my own network packets while browsing wordpress.com lol I was trying to demonstrate BREACH attack back in summer....

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