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ONetSwitch: Open Source Hardware for Networking by MeshSr — Kickstarter
The Network is Reliable – ACM Queue
http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2655736
Very interesting anecdotes of network failures in cloud environments.
Watch “Data Center Architectures and How Cumulus Makes I…” on YouTube
Lead prosecutor apologizes for role in sending Glenn Ford to death row
There is No Now – ACM Queue
Dan Siemon
2015-01-03
ferd.ca -> Queues Don’t Fix Overload
Good startup ideas are not counterintuitive, but in fact obvious, if you talk to users and develop a better model of the world (Startup L. Jackson/Startups and S**t) http://www.techmeme.com/141109/p1#a141109p1
Latency in large systems
Improve small job completion times by 47% by running full clones. http://highscalability.com/blog/2014/11/3/improve-small-job-completion-times-by-47-by-running-full-clo.html
There was a good article in Communications of the ACM about how to deal with large latency variations a few months ago if you are interested in reading more.