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FLINT

12 notes filed under FLINT, newest first. Same rules as the rest of the pile: a codename, a theme, and no internals.

codename FLINT · 12 notes · 12 themes · all codenames
all themes alerting-versus-liveness 1 boot-entry-rollback 1 bootstrap-barrier 1 build-host-capacity 1 declared-versus-achieved 1 image-age 1 image-handoff 1 install-discovery 1 ordering-as-safety 1 reference-is-not-content 1 reversal 1 stable-identity 1
FLINT · stable-identity · 2 min read

identity that outlives the enumeration

Two identical disks, one operating system, and a naming scheme assigned by the order in which the hardware answers at boot. This is the ordinary condition of a machine, and it means every script that names a disk is guessing. The guesses…

FLINT stable-identity
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ABACUS 60 FLINT 12 KEEL 24 LARDER 24 LATTICE 36 MERIDIAN 24 MISE 24 SCRIBE 12 TROUPE 12 UMBRA 24 browse 244 themes