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So maybe it the same pizza could come from multiple providers but they break it up into slices and attach a pizza-correlation-id to each slice so an entire pizz
by james_s_tayler 7y ago
So maybe it the same pizza could come from multiple providers but they break it up into slices and attach a pizza-correlation-id to each slice so an entire pizza can be assembled at the point of delivery.
- erik_seaberg 7y agoAnd a table of pre-sliced pizza would be less prone to philosophers starving while deadlocked on acquiring utensils.
- cbanek 7y agoWhat if two philosophers grab the same slice and won't let go?
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoOne eats the pizza first, then the other eats it, problem solved!
- nwmcsween 7y agoThat just serializes the problem, maybe the philosophers could just atomically take a slice, but what if its half pinapple and naturally no one likes pinapple and there arent enough slices?
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoReminds me of mathematical methods for fairly dividing cake, eg https://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2015/12/22/how-to-split-a-cake-fairly-using-math-game-theory-tuesdays/ https://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2015/12/22/how-to-split-a... (though I don't think that's the method I'm recalling).
- th33ngineer 7y agoNo need for utensils while eating pizza! Publish me!