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I recall reading somewhere that it was created by someone who lived offline and had to take a boat to get connectivity, so that's why the thing has this "sync t

• evbogue 3y ago
  > Today, Tarr lives on a sailboat—another Kiwi staple, alongside sheep and distance. Connectivity is worse on the boat than on the farm, and even less reliable. But that’s by design rather than by misfortune. Tarr started living on the boat after burning out at a previous job and discovering that the peripatetic lifestyle suited him. Unreliable and sporadic internet connectivity became an interesting engineering challenge. What if isolation and disconnection could actually be desirable conditions for a computer network? https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/meet-the-counterantidisintermediationists/527553/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/meet-... Mr Tarr still lives on a boat! https://www.youtube.com/@dominictarrsailing https://www.youtube.com/@dominictarrsailing