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Insert ref about Github's lava lamps

https://web.archive.org/web/20010926211816/http://lavarand.o... 6 years prior to github, and the claim is 1996 on that link there, which is 12 years prior to github.

not denigrating, just pointing out that the "idea" was around before then, and i can't remember where i first saw it.

Thanks, I always associated it with GitHub (as having "done it first" but didn't really think to push further). I appreciate the correction, I like knowing the correct information.

I don't know about the age of this Cloudflare idea? Cloudflare's Lavalap Wall is running part of Internet:

"Why does Cloudflare use lava lamps to help with encryption?":

https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/lava-lamp-encryption...

I might have been thinking of this

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