"You have clearly not understood how the math works or why tail latencies matter in dist sys. I think we're done here."
Was the bluntness really necessary?
Amusingly this has now happened in another thread in these comments.
The meaning of a post has been overshadowed by a conversation on how the author used word A when they really should have used word B, and then they were berated for trying to explain why they thought word A was acceptable in the context.
https://twitter.com/jmhodges/status/527189222546227201
He's saying he's quoted out of context now: https://twitter.com/jmhodges/status/527480854314905600
Reading the full conversation I don't know how that's the case.
Anyway, it doesn't change the point antirez is making on his post.