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There is no 'now': Problems with simultaneity in distributed systems
- Jtsummers 11y agoPast post with discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9184779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9184779 (Other posts, but no other discussion)
- jwatte 11y agoOrdered Sequence of Events as seen by each collaborator. That's all that matters!
- darkmighty 11y agoJust to be clear: the laws of physics aren't a barrier -- given a conventional reference frame, even in relativity, everyone will agree on a total order of events (e.g. when using GPS receivers, atomic clocks and doing the math correctly). The problem is reliability of components.