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Re:The Limits of the CAP Theorem on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @02:46PM (#14648092)
Your comment mostly reads like signaling.

It is not "kind of amazing" considering Eric B. felt required to write a follow up to his CAP paper.

> Given that both authors are pure mathematicians ..

Erik Demaine is a computer scientist: https://youtu.be/3e1ZF1L1VhY

Re:Go 1.9 Beta 1 release notes on Thursday June 15, 2017 @12:01AM (#14557858)
> But unfortunately ...

It is not due to some unkind turn of fortune that the Go type system drops the ball here and there.

> However, If you just used a type alias then you'd be able to do either.

The important distinction between a type and an alias is that you can define methods for a type and you can not do the same for an alias.

Collin Powell got quite a lot of tonnage I mean mileage out of a cartoon drawing. Just draw him a picture.
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Re:Maybe we shouldn't skip SHA-3 on Friday June 02, 2017 @09:41AM (#14469769)
Are your respective companies (yours and OP's) business competitors?