Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure called “Cloudflare”

Re:Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure... by renewiltord on Monday July 20, 2020 @01:58PM (#23900270)

It's a bit of a sad story, but maybe you'll like this read about one of the guys who laid the foundation for their tech and his sad decline: https://www.wired.com/story/lee-holloway-devastating-decline...

I really liked the stories of his skill when he was in his prime. Very inspiring.

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Re:Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure... by ksec on Monday July 20, 2020 @08:18PM (#23903225)

I dont know how I missed the Cloudflare IPO and this Story. So thanks for posting it. Extremely good writing, though the story was very sad.

I wonder if there are any relationship between FTD and how clever a person or how much brain a person uses.

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Re:Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure... by thereticent on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @06:53PM (#23911823)

Nothing beyond the normal "cognitive reserve" findings that high education and broad cognitive engagement makes the brain pathology take longer to reduce your functioning to a dementia state.

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Re:Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure... by janee on Monday July 20, 2020 @04:35PM (#23901628)

Sounds lame but this story really touched me. I recently visited a family member who's nearing the end and it broke my heart to see them in that condition.

I'm not sure what to take from this. But thank you for sharing it

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Re:Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure... by mayankkaizen on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @01:58AM (#23904630)

Never heard of him but I read this article in one sitting (extremely hard thing for me) and I felt some unexplained connections with this story. A Beautiful Mind is another book which I very often go back to and go through similar emotions.

In all, it was a captivating read.

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Re:Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure... by h0l0cube on Monday July 20, 2020 @08:58PM (#23903429)

Reminds me of this part of Robert Sapolsky's Human Behavioural Biology lecture series:

Robert Sapolsky - Phineas Gage and frontal damage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wKDXzk8Wm4

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Re:Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure... by eigenvalue on Monday July 20, 2020 @06:51PM (#23902728)

Wow, thanks for linking to the article. What an awful story. Makes you think about the wisdom of undertaking major elective surgery if it's not absolutely required in the short term.

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Re:Turns out half the internet has a single-point-of-failure... by xref on Monday July 20, 2020 @07:59PM (#23903129)

His wife saw it as a turning point, but the doctors and neurologists don’t seem to think FTD is linked to surgery in any way

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