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7-8 seconds seems extremely long. Human beings performing the raft consensus algorithm using paper and pencil over Skype wouldn't be much slower than that. Are

7-8 seconds seems extremely long. Human beings performing the raft consensus algorithm using paper and pencil over Skype wouldn't be much slower than that. Are you sure everything was working correctly?

lacker 9y 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 9y ago
  Who are you to judge? Did you win the Putnam or something?
  - Gigablah 9y ago
    I think people are generally allowed to judge themselves without industry credentials...
    - ComputerGuru 9y ago
      That was tongue-in-cheek (that still had no business on HN), a reference to @lacker's two Putnam awards.
      - grzm 9y ago
        The Putnam is also the source of one of the best burns on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079