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That’s what happens when you don’t have open source and open protocols. I see people on HN constantly complaining but very little support for distributed system
by EGreg 3y ago
That’s what happens when you don’t have open source and open protocols. I see people on HN constantly complaining but very little support for distributed systems, especially byzantine fault tolerant with proper incentives, why? Incentives are key to such distributed systems working, but it sounds too much like Web3? FTX? Or what? I guess many people don’t want to see viable alternatives appear. So then all you can do is keep complaining about black boxes and secret actions.
- alt227 3y agoWhat are you talking about? Do you realistically expect all companies to open source all internal software in a capitalist market?
- RetpolineDrama 3y agoI believe he is mocking the average HN commenter, who simultaneously complains about these types of opaque-black-box systems but attacks transparent distributed systems.
- zeruch 3y agoThat's how I interpreted it. Everyone seems to want the advantages of the FOSS model for general benefit, but want firms to have their advantages at the same time, and not acknowledge the inherent adversarial aspect of that.
- arthurofbabylon 3y agoWould be great for all participants if the auction’s dynamics were public.
- qvrjuec 3y agoI think you're forgetting about the main participant, Google.
- arthurofbabylon 3y agoI think the platforms in particular benefit from trust. Maybe not this quarter, but surely over the course of years/decades.