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Slow internet speeds? It might be faster to use a pigeon. (wapo.st)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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To be clear: they're talking about attaching a micro-sd card to the pigeon's leg, not RFC 1149

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's awesome how much you can pack on a horse. A 4tb Samsung 990 Pro weights 9g. Let's say a horse can carry 450kg. Thats 450.000g / 9g/4tb = 50.000 × 4 tb = 200 pt. Latency is shit though.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That level of latency is—dare I say it?—horseshit

Edit: + all the other horseshit you gotta deal with

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Routing may also be problematic, and potential packet loss