The Raft consensus algorithm explained through "Mean Girls" (2019)
82 points - today at 3:03 AM
SourceThat is so fetch!
In all honesty though, I quite enjoyed how this article was written. Is there a listing somewhere of articles written like this, with algorithms or concepts explained using analogies to pop culture?
I looked through the gifs and ended up understanding even less than before.
trick-or-treat
today at 6:12 AM
They need to stop trying to make fetch a thing.
As a lover or Raft Consensus Algorithm, now I have to watch Mean Girls I guess.
EdwardDiego
today at 5:02 AM
Which movie would you use to explain Paxos?
interloxia
today at 6:27 AM
"Chat generate a blog post on paxos but explain it through Mad Max: Fury Road"
The Postman (1997)
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up2isomorphism
today at 8:49 AM
But why?
SomaticPirate
today at 6:08 AM
“Chat generate me an explanation blog posts on the Raft consensus algorithm… but explain it through mean girls”
skeptrune
today at 6:13 AM
lmao, i love this
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trick-or-treat
today at 6:21 AM
Is that your real take? The girls have the power in that movie they manipulate the boys not the other way around. The adults are oblivious (except for Tina). There is no patriarchy.
You're a virgin who can't drive!
Admittedly, this is Clueless (and way harsh) .. but I couldn't help myself.
DarkNova6
today at 6:23 AM
This is another way of telling us you haven't seen the movie without telling us you haven't seen the movie.
It ably demonstrates the propensity of IT industry drive by commenters to be confidently, totally, utterly incorrect in every aspect of what they opine.
At the risk of going even more off-topic:
> Mean Girls demonstrate how patriarchy shapes young girls, [...]
Of course, young girls have no agency and the only thing shaping them is the mean patriarchy... /s
Supposedly having no agency and being opressed seems to be the universal narrative, even with groups that are not even a minority. It gets worse with real minorities. But I know an increasing number of women who are fed up with this victimhood mentality. Its a slipery slope. Because once you believe in you being a victim, you likely reduce your effort to take matters into your own hand. And there is even a feedback loop. Because once you start whining, people perceive you as such and a stereotype is reinforced.
Those people are a good candidates for the burn book.