Tag: compute

  • Apollo 11 Guidance Computer vs. USB-C

    Apollo 11 Guidance Computer vs. USB-C: It could be that USB-C Cables nowadays have more compute capacity than Apollo 11 had on it’s way to the moon. Forrest Heller(?) made an effort to compare the technical specs and put them into perspective.

  • Google Cloud Is Down

    Apparently Google was down the other day. Unfortunately, I was on a train in a really remote location and couldn’t verify what I picked up from Hacker News and tweeted.

    Meanwhile, there is a bit of broader coverage on Slashdot and The Verge, that hint at the size of the outage.

    Again, an outage like this reminds of the issues that remain with the Cloud, the difference to traditional infrastructure is merely scale at which an outage hits.

    Source: Google Cloud Is Down | Hacker News