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		johncolanduoni 31 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cloudflare Down Again – and DownDetector Is Also D... We need a set of down detectors that all detect if each other are down, and produce an answer via quorum.

ipnon 31 days ago [–]

I think CAP theorem says this is impossible.

johncolanduoni 31 days ago | [–]

Only if the internet partitions in such a way that a quorum is impossible. Cloudflare is not quite that essential.

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