ELLIOTTCABLE changed the topic of #elliottcable to: a ₋better₋ cult
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<glowcoil> hi inimino
<glowcoil> hi ELLIOTTCABLE
<glowcoil> hi whitequark
<glowcoil> whitequark: i don't think i really have an understanding of cap and i would like to
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<glowcoil> "during a network partition, a distributed system must choose either Consistency or Availability"
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<inimino> glowcoil: it means that if you need all the systems to agree (consistency) then you can't do anything (availability) if you can't reach the other systems (partition)
<whitequark> ^ basically
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<glowcoil> whitequark: inimino: cool, makes sense
<whitequark> some people say things like "our system is CA!"
<whitequark> whic hshows a fundamental lack of comprehension
<glowcoil> yeah
<glowcoil> while partitioned you fundamentally have to choose b/t
<glowcoil> right
<whitequark> so good
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<pikajude> someone on twitter just sent my jewish girlfriend a holocaust pic
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<alexgordon> sup glowcoil
<glowcoil> hi alexgordon
<alexgordon> glowcoil: how old are you?
<glowcoil> 20
<alexgordon> 2nd year of university?
<alexgordon> 3rd?
<alexgordon> dropout? :D
<pikajude> 4th?
<pikajude> 5th?
<alexgordon> glowcoil is terry tao
<alexgordon> got degree at 13
<alexgordon> masters at 14
<alexgordon> phd at 18
<pikajude> university is for squares
<alexgordon> now working on world domination
<glowcoil> 3rd year
<glowcoil> working a dumb web dev job for the summer