Linux, FreeBSD seem to have memfd_create(). Mac OS seem to have shm_open() instead. Actually, the first two have that one as well. Interesting.

The technique itself is indeed very elegant.

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·2 years ago·discuss

size_t is 64 bits on 64-bit CPUs

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·2 years ago·discuss

I remember that some Garmin employees gave talks on CRDTs at some event. That was 2015 or 2016, so I can not recall any details.

truefossil

·2 years ago·discuss

My bet is on a BGP glitch at the moment.

truefossil

·2 years ago·discuss

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42362781

Nope, observed in different places. Was fixed in an hour or so, but it was something big.

truefossil

·2 years ago·discuss

https://www.thousandeyes.com/outages/

This one shows a global event as well.

truefossil

·2 years ago·discuss

https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/

A good "Internet dashboard" from Cloudflare. Something happened indeed, globally. China looks unaffected.

truefossil

·2 years ago·discuss

Agree. So far "the progress" implied understanding (discovering) previously unknown things. AI is exactly the opposite: "I don't understand how, but it sorta works!"