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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size_t is 64 bits on 64-bit CPUs

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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.

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My bet is on a BGP glitch at the moment.

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

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

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

This one shows a global event as well.

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

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

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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!"