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you don't understand the power of the Lindy effect. All of the dated infrastructure we have now has ultimately survived the test of time. https://en.wikipedia.
by riffic 3y ago
you don't understand the power of the Lindy effect. All of the dated infrastructure we have now has ultimately survived the test of time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect
by the way DNS is wonderful.
- eternityforest 3y agoLindy is pretty much just natural selection for ideas, right? It doesn't prove they are optimal. It does seem to suggest that frequently switching protocols all the time like we switch web frameworks would be awful though. The benefits of having any universal standard at all can outweigh the flaws in just about anything, even Ipv4 or in some cases even analog stuff.
- pazimzadeh 3y agoExactly. It's like the laryngeal nerve of the giraffe. It did the job for millions of years but there is no good reason other than history for why it still needs to loop around the heart. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/student-contributors-did-you-know-general-science/unintelligent-design-recurrent-laryngeal-nerve https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/student-contributors-did-y...
- pif 3y ago> Lindy is pretty much just natural selection for ideas, right? It doesn't prove they are optimal. You missed the point. Lindy law proves that being optimal is not necessary for an idea to be successful. Your association with natural selection is valid from this point of view, too.