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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by AceyMan on Friday September 23, 2022 @12:18PM (#32953919)
this just makes me think of the situation that resulted in Global TCP Synchronization flapping problem; when everyone is operating on the same premise without some random delay or other way to 'shard' the load it seems like a Slashdot effect is bound to happen.
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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by marcosdumay on Friday September 23, 2022 @01:23PM (#32954680)
You are comparing a complex, out of band, auction-based organization system with a simple, no added overhead, parameter-guessing system. Those don't fail on the same ways.
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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by mirchiseth on Friday September 23, 2022 @01:08PM (#32954498)
Saw the Slashdot effect reference after such a long time. Not sure what % of HNers were there in the heydays of /.
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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by jeffreygoesto on Friday September 23, 2022 @03:07PM (#32955812)
More than you think? =;-{)} Wo remembers the "Anonymous FTP Sites List"?
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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by fsckboy on Friday September 23, 2022 @07:19PM (#32958207)
https://old.reddit.com/r/opendirectories/
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