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On 10/21/2019 19:36, Matt Turner wrote: |
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> On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 9:42 AM Richard Yao <ryao@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Also, another idea is to use a cheap hash function (e.g. fletcher) and just have the mirrors do the hashing behind the scenes. Then we would have the best of both worlds. |
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> It probably would have been better to make these suggestions when the |
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> GLEP was discussed close to two years ago. |
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> I'm glad that we have ideas for improvements but I worry that we're |
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> just backseat driving at this point given that the GLEP's now |
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> implemented. |
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Agreed, although, I don't even remember this coming up two years ago. But, |
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I was tied up with a lot of work-related stress and tasks, so probably just |
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my memory storage backend not having enough cycles to commit it to...neurons. |
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IMHO, perhaps future GLEPs should have a defined window to implement them |
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following discussion. Having the discussion, then waiting a few years |
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before implementing them leads to discussions like this where we're arguing |
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about the color of the boat after the boat has sailed off into the distance. |
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"The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us. And |
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our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between." |
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