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Re: How Google Wants to Rewire the Internet

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Post by drewg123 »

kbenson wrote: post #53
drewg123 wrote: post #50

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We (netflix) operate our own CDN. See https://openconnect.netflix.com/en/

Yes, but my understanding is that quite a bit of it is still served through partner CDN services, is it not? I was aware that Netflix served at least some of the content themselves (and growing, I assume), so was attempting to imply that the 37% noted for content access for Netflix may not equate exactly to 37% network delivery for Netflix, as they measure different things. I didn't mean to imply none of that should…

No, we serve 100% of video traffic from our CDN.

Re: How Google Wants to Rewire the Internet

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Post by pavement »

bdowling wrote: post #55
pavement wrote: post #44

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...or it's missing an apostrophe. a. Windows' Subsystem for Linux b. Window's Subsystem for Linux Each option has its own sort of context.

If you're making it a possessive using an apostrophe, then it should be "Windows's Subsystem for Linux" because Windows is singular in that context.

The correct form of possessive context for words ending in "s," is with a dangling, trailing apostrophe, and omission of the extra "s."

Re: How Google Wants to Rewire the Internet

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Post by dragonwriter »

pavement wrote: post #82
bdowling wrote: post #55

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If you're making it a possessive using an apostrophe, then it should be "Windows's Subsystem for Linux" because Windows is singular in that context.

The correct form of possessive context for words ending in " s ," is with a dangling, trailing apostrophe, and omission of the extra " s ."

> The correct form of possessive context for words ending in "s," is with a dangling, trailing apostrophe, and omission of the extra "s."

That is correct (or, at least, nearly universally agreed to) for possessives of plural nouns ending in “s”, style guides are mixed when it comes to other nouns ending in “s”, though the most common rule seems to be to use “’s”; while “windows” is plural, “Windows” as the name of the operating system is a proper noun that is not treated as plural.

Re: How Google Wants to Rewire the Internet

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Post by Dylan16807 »

sbuttgereit wrote: post #47
milcron wrote: post #38

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And the 3rd name is backwards. It ought to be called 'Linux Subsystem for Windows'.

I disagree. Microsoft is correct; mostly if not entirely. Q: It's a subsystem? What kind of subsystem? A: It's a Windows subsystem? Q: A subsystem for what? A: It's the Windows subsystem for Linux. As another commentator mentioned, there's probably a missing possessive ("'s"), but even if we take the proper name to be more of an adjective modifying/qualifying "subsystem", it's a Windows subsystem, it's purpose is run…

"Windows Subsystem ___ Linux" could be fine, but "for" is not the correct word to put in that blank.

Re: How Google Wants to Rewire the Internet

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Post by true_religion »

komali2 wrote: post #32
Swizec wrote: post #31

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It's a filter bubble issue. When I first started Ruby, it had been popular for 10+ years already. Many articles. Despite that, it was still impossible to search for. Look for Ruby, get gemstones. Look for gem, get even more gemstones. Eventually Google figured it out and now it's almost impossible to search for gemstones. If I search for gem almost all search results are about Ruby things. Same when searching for Rub…

Have you tried searching when logged out of google? I'd imagine a rail worker searching lots of train stuff would generally get the right results when they searched on their account. But yea, worth bearing in mind when naming stuff.

Perhaps, but under incognito I still get Ruby on rails if I search for "rails". I do get train info if I search for "rail".

Re: How Google Wants to Rewire the Internet

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Post by captainlego »

trafficlight wrote: post #27
komali2 wrote: post #26

I really wanted to understand this article. I tried wikipediaing and googling some of the things I didn't really get (Jupiter is a thing... ok and Andromeda.. riiiight). Then I got to the chart "Conceptually, here is how Espresso plugs into the Google networking stack:", which was totally unparseable by me. All the green things look the same, but one of them is the thing this article is about (Espresso, right?), and…

I really hate the naming trend over the past 10-15 years of using common words for projects. I can't really search for Espresso, or Jupiter, or Andromeda without additional qualifiers that I may not know yet.

While your original point is valid, I did get decent results with "Google Espresso", "Google Jupiter Network", and "Google Andromeda Network". Though, in today's world, your Google results may look vastly different from mine.

Re: How Google Wants to Rewire the Internet

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Post by cat199 »

SpaceManNabs wrote: post #42
milcron wrote: post #38

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And the 3rd name is backwards. It ought to be called 'Linux Subsystem for Windows'.

THAT IS IT! I was wondering why the name always felt funky. Although the name they have now is technically correct if you ignore standard noun to adjective conventions.

I believe this, like many things in the windows ecosystem, is deliberately confusing/takes advantage of linguistic ambiguity to create confusion in the observer and create a sort of implied sense or feeling of microsoft superiority...

E.g. having windows 1st sort of inflates the 'primacy' of windows with respect to linux; it is linux that is being made compatible with windows rather than the other way around.

Best things that come to mind are things from the windows UI - like the network privacy zones, having the 'basic' and 'advanced' control panel, etc.. Some things say 'windows is updating your computer' rather than 'your computer is updating windows' or some such... To me they have this sort of psychological undertone of 'always remember how microsoft is helping you make this confusing thing much easier.. you couldn't do it without us'

Re: How Google Wants to Rewire the Internet

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Post by vidarh »

flavor8 wrote: post #77
Swizec wrote: post #31

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It's a filter bubble issue. When I first started Ruby, it had been popular for 10+ years already. Many articles. Despite that, it was still impossible to search for. Look for Ruby, get gemstones. Look for gem, get even more gemstones. Eventually Google figured it out and now it's almost impossible to search for gemstones. If I search for gem almost all search results are about Ruby things. Same when searching for Rub…

Try the same searches from an incognito window. It could just be that Google learned what Ruby you are searching for.

I just did:

1. Download Ruby

2. Ruby entry on wikipedia (about the gemstone)

All the rest on the first page are about the programming language in some way or the other (Rails, various books, various tutorial resources, Stackoverflow, trending on Github)

Re: How Google Wants to Rewire the Internet

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Post by diegoperini »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #84
sbuttgereit wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree. Microsoft is correct; mostly if not entirely. Q: It's a subsystem? What kind of subsystem? A: It's a Windows subsystem? Q: A subsystem for what? A: It's the Windows subsystem for Linux. As another commentator mentioned, there's probably a missing possessive ("'s"), but even if we take the proper name to be more of an adjective modifying/qualifying "subsystem", it's a Windows subsystem, it's purpose is run…

"Windows Subsystem ___ Linux" could be fine, but "for" is not the correct word to put in that blank.

Why not "Linux Accompanied Windows"? Or "Still Windows but also some Linux"?
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