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New messenger app sends texts by virtual pigeon and sometimes the bird just dies (www.dexerto.com)
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[–] 33 points 2 months ago* (5 children)

TCP/Avion

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    • [–] 32 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    sending your texts by virtual carrier pigeon.

    I'm tired of these virtuals taking jobs away from real working pigeons.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Funnily enough transferring data by pigeon is still the fastest method, beating pretty much any kind of connection.

    https://www.tomshardware.com/news/yes-a-pigeon-is-still-faster-than-gigabit-fiber-internet

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Sometimes, sure. It depends on the speed of the connection, the distance, and the number of files and their sizes transferring. In some cases transferring from a USB stick can be barely faster than than downloading to the point of being not worth the effort of walking in to another room to get the stick laying there with the data already on it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Obviously. We've all used the internet. Everyone knows it takes a few milliseconds to ping someone on the other side of the planet. No one thinks a pigeon can travel that fast. Also, yeah, transferring off the device may take longer, but we don't include unpacking files in download speed, for example. It just counts when the data arrives.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Some people see clickbaity headlines like that and think it means that using a pigeon would always be faster, since it's the implication the headline gives.

    If the files are packed on the pigeon delivered USB we'd need to transfer them to the drive and then unpack them as well. That's a step that would be needed regardless of delivery method, but transferring the files to the computer is a step only needed for the pigeon delivery method.

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    • [–] 29 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    sometimes the bird just dies

    Isn't this how one of the subplots of Daggerfall started?

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    • [–] 25 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    So just UDP?

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    • [–] 24 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    That's a hell of a pigeon that can fly at 192mph

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    • [–] 110 points 2 months ago (13 children)

    Author says on reddit that it's vibe coded. Boo.

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  • [–] 66 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    So... he vibe coded it, hit a bug he couldn't fix, and said, fuck it, it's a feature.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Hit a bug The AI couldn't fix

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  • [–] 32 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    Yes, because this is critical production code that is clearly too important to not go through stringent review.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    It could have at least been a fun learning experience for the developer, but instead they just wrote some text and let the computer program it.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    It's absolutely possible to learn a lot while using an AI coding assistant; it can be like having a patient and supportive Stack Overflow instead of one that just closes all your questions as duplicates. That does require using it intentionally though.

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    • [–] 14 points 2 months ago

    AI (Avian Intelligence). Nobody truly knows how it works.

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    [–] 9 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I love this idea. We need more whimsical technology.

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    • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Can't get away from packet loss

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    [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Seems like a really fun tool for a play by post type game.

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    How is this different from roos.social?

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    [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    It's a fun idea but not that useful outside of giving news outlets something quirky to report on

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