3 out of 5 of all the phone calls you've ever made was managed by a box somewhere running the Erlang VM (BEAM) which Elixir gets all its concurrency and parallelism from.
And no, Discord has not moved away from Elixir. While they have adopted Rust for certain parts of their infrastructure, Elixir remains a core part of their backend, particularly for real-time communication and chat infrastructure.
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I said this else where, but, dramatic foreign policy shifts and realignments only make the U.S. even less attractive as an ally and a partner.
Decades of relationships are being strained in the attempt of mending ties with a state that never really did much to advance America's interests in the modern era. And it could all be completely undone in four years. The whip lash of back and forth, radical shifts in policy, are as damaging as the acts that directly alienate America's global partners.
The US has basically said that. It doesn't matter though, because at the end of the day, dramatic foreign policy shifts and realignments only make the U.S. even less attractive as an ally and a partner.
Decades of relationships are being strained in the attempt of mending ties with a state that never really did much to advance America's interests in the modern era. And it could all be completely undone in four years. The whip lash of back and forth, radical shifts in policy, are as damaging as the acts that directly alienate America's global partners.
...where the shadows of men's thoughts lengthen in the afternoon, when the twin suns sink into the lake of Hali; and my mind will bear for ever the memory of the Pallid Mask
So good, So many question. So many allusions to things that aren't explained but feel whole, but unknowable. They exist, but not for you.
"The Repairer of Reputations", is such a weird story. I love that fact that it takes place in 1920's NYC, 30 years in the future from when it was written (1985).
It's not quite science fiction, though. The descriptions of New York aren't dark or dreary, like one would expect from a short story that usually firmly placed in the horror/weird fiction category. There's these hints that something is not quite right, though. like the presence of these "Government Lethal Chambers" in Washington Square Park where, I guess one could kill them selves publicly. It's hinted at, but not really addressed further. it's these little details that color the story and make it uncomfortable. It seems tht United States that has embraced authoritarianism, and society social structure is heavily enforced by a militarized government.
Yes, it is always fun to read things set in a future time from the author's perspective long after the future date is past. I remember plenty of SF growing up in the 1970s about the "future world" of the 1990s or even the year 2000. But KiY with its "future date" in the 1920s is the earliest I've encountered.
Yeah, its those underdeveloped details that actually make it awesome. It just hints a world that is quite different and _maybe_ that has everything to do with the play/book? Its quite uncomfortable indeed. I really like it.
I love this book. I have a a music project thats based on the themes around this particular book, and the metafiction inside the stories in this book. (90's Warp Records influence Braindance/IDM)
And no, Discord has not moved away from Elixir. While they have adopted Rust for certain parts of their infrastructure, Elixir remains a core part of their backend, particularly for real-time communication and chat infrastructure.