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(2014) Fwiw, sinks have overflows: https://www.thespruce.com/the-purpose-of-a-sink-overflow-2718785 https://www.thespruce.com/the-purpose-of-a-sink-overflow-27
by throwawaaarrgh 3y ago
(2014)
Fwiw, sinks have overflows: https://www.thespruce.com/the-purpose-of-a-sink-overflow-2718785 https://www.thespruce.com/the-purpose-of-a-sink-overflow-271...
The computer equivalent is probably load shedding
- cnity 3y agoThe sink overflow goes to the same drain, so it doesn't really work in this analogy! (Or it works very well, depending on your perspective).
- weego 3y agoThe overflow goes to the same drain, but further down, past a bottleneck that's designed to be there for a logical reason. It's a good example of real world flow control considerations vs paper theory.
- tonyarkles 3y agoContinuing the analogy from the article though, the sink overflow doesn't go past the red arrow in their diagrams. It's there to solve the specific problem of "the sink drain is plugged, either because you left the water running with the plug in or because there's a ball of hair immediately below the drain".
- withinboredom 3y agoIndeed, if the clog is big/deep enough, the overflow won't work at all.[1] [1]: Flooded 4 floors of a five-star hotel by puking in a sink and falling asleep before turning the water off.