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		fermienrico on April 18, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ultimate Guide to Switch Debounce Another useful software concept is exponential back-off algorithm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_backoff Useful in interacting with rate-limits, unpredictable externalities that are not schedule bound, etc

_uvvk on April 19, 2020 [–]

...and also when 2+ people are trying to talk during a remote meeting.

roland35 on April 21, 2020 | [–]

All too common today! I should internalize this since it seems to happen to me more than it should...

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