the Huygens algorithm is also worth a look

https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/nsdi18/nsdi18...

A very clever part of the HUYGENS algorithm is that it doesn’t just sync clocks pair-wise, it leverages a natural network effect where a group of pair-wise synchronized clocks becomes transitively synchronized, helping reduce errors further without requiring specialized hardware. That’s one of the key reasons it can achieve ~100 nanoseconds of software-based sync on commodity networks.

The authors’ work forms the basis of what the team at Clockwork.io is building, enabling accurate one-way delay measurements (rather than just RTT/2) that improve latency visibility and telemetry across CPU and GPU infrastructure

Don’t forget about The 13th Floor, also from 1999.

Can you give some examples of how elixir is too clever? It’s been a breath of explicit fresh air for me…

I know you can do these sorts of funky exercises [1] with pretty much any language, but elixir breaks my brain for some reason.

[1] https://evuez.net/posts/cursed-elixir.html

I’d imagine that’s an application of a rule, whereas an exploit is a violation of a rule that allows for (a && !a) or some such inconsistency.

Jeff Lowenfel’s “Teaming With Microbes” is a fantastic introduction to the soil food web and its implications for organic no-till farming. Highly Recommend.

https://www.amazon.ca/Teaming-Microbes-Organic-Gardeners-Rev...

Honestly though, bless Kyle for truly being himself on the internet.

perhaps a lack of consistency would have resulted in a universe incompatible with life, so there’d be nobody around to ask the question?

for the purposes of this conversation, that’s a distinction without a difference

It’s important to keep the distinction in mind. We can’t forget that the hardship we imposed on ourselves was a choice, and that we could have chosen differently.

"You show loyalty, they learn loyalty. You show them it’s about the work, it’ll be about the work. You show them some other kind of game, and that’s the game they’ll play."

-- The Wire

I often find it interesting how many people think the game is just whichever one they learned first, and don't grasp that the actual game is recognizing and learning how to play new ones.

Great quote and I think Daniels’ advice really had an impact on Carver. His character development over the course of the five seasons was one of the many excellent aspects of the show.

if you enjoyed this comment, you may also enjoy the The Trigger Effect episode from James Burke's Connections series.

https://archive.org/details/james-burke-connections_s01e01