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A distributed system can be described as a particular sequential state machine that is implemented with a network of processors. The ability to totally order the input requests leads immediately to an algorithm to implement an arbitrary state machine by a network of processors, and hence to implement any distributed system.
Time, Clocks and the Ordering of Events in a Distributed System
Leslie Lamport
From the perspective of non-mega-platform companies, I think this is a natural continuation of the timeline evolution from “data as value” to “data as risk”, and these sorts of companies will increasingly want to approach all stored data with their eyes towards secure, restricted, and audited access.
A Brief Rant on Converging Compliance Regimes.
lethain.com
GPT-3/4 is like a Meeseeks box for computer and internet tasks. Keep your task simple, and it will quickly and happily solve it for you before ceasing to exist. (Well, that’s how I use it via the API, at least. ChatGPT will preserve the state, but of course the context window is still limited anyway.)
https://youtu.be/qUYvIAP3qQk
ycombinator.com
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