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by lacker 3006 days ago
I don't know about you, but it would take me a lot longer than 7 seconds to perform the raft consensus algorithm with paper and pencil.
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danicgross 3006 days ago
Who are you to judge? Did you win the Putnam or something?
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Gigablah 3006 days ago
I think people are generally allowed to judge themselves without industry credentials...
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ComputerGuru 3006 days ago
That was tongue-in-cheek (that still had no business on HN), a reference to @lacker's two Putnam awards.
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grzm 3006 days ago
The Putnam is also the source of one of the best burns on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
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