alt Hacker NewsA whole other part of this argument that could be made is about the inherent assumption that a ping timeout is caused by an event that only affects one machine.
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paradox460 • today at 1:09 AM
Imagine them trying to sue every person on one side of a netsplit
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oooyay • yesterday at 10:40 PM
Ergo isn't a federated server, it's meant to scale vertically
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For sure. Having lived on IRC for a while many years ago, I assure any bystanders that this is assuredly not always the case.