Stuff I’m Interested In

https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/117/materials/slides-117-ccwg-bbrv3-algorithm-bug-fixes-and-public-internet-deployment-00

Once upon a time, much of the high-value and high-volume traffic on the Internet was TCP-based. Games and other real-time applications adopted UDP early to avoid the head-of-the-line blocking problems inherent in TCP’s design. However, these applications tend to use a relatively low traffic volume. What’s changed? A few things (at least): As an example,…

https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3526210

This well worth reading if you are into distributed systems. https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2020/9/246941-keeping-calm/fulltext

https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/01/03/baloney-detection-kit-carl-sagan/?s=09

I recently finished reading “The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy“. As the subtitle says, this book is focused on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). Please read the book for a much better explanation but here’s the short version: There is an important difference between currency users and currency creators.…