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cnn_can_dox_my_balls 2 points ago +2 / -0

Over short distances, pigeons have theoretically higher bandwidth for large files than fiber. A pigeon can easily carry 20 512Gb as cards for a total of 10Tb of capacity. Homing pigeons fly an average of 60mph: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homing_pigeon. Over a 100-mile distance, this translates into a bitrate of 133Gbps.

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Jack_HinsonTN [S] 4 points ago +4 / -0

Throughput is insane, latency is awful though.

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cnn_can_dox_my_balls 3 points ago +3 / -0

Really only works if you want to transfer the entire series of Seinfeld

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HumasTaint 2 points ago +2 / -0

Want to describe it to people that don't understand, unlike people like us that fully understand.

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Jack_HinsonTN [S] 3 points ago +3 / -0

Sure, basically some dudes in the late 90's thought it would be funny to draft an internet communications protocol involving carrier pigeons. That's the basic gist of it.

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Jack_HinsonTN [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

Sure, basically some dudes in the late 90's thought it would be funny to draft an internet communications protocol involving carrier pigeons. That's the basic gist of it.

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HumasTaint 1 point ago +1 / -0

Of course, we all knew that. The normies, you know.

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Jack_HinsonTN [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

Original standard, non-amended: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1149

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DeepFrozenOcean 1 point ago +1 / -0

I've been thinking of that too.

RFCs are full of wonderments. HTTP response 418: I'm a teapot

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Jack_HinsonTN [S] 2 points ago +2 / -0

That's one of my favorites!

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