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		skilning 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The k-server conjecture is true Thank you! The "online" and "offline" terms were what was confusing me when trying to understand the conjecture. As a career-long software and networking person, I had a preconception of the terms that was REALLY throwing me off. :D
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podocarp 8 days ago [–]

Yes I hate it too, but it's common in computing too. Better terms are "on demand" and "batch" which you sometimes see used instead in other contexts.

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